Annals of Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware, Part 67

Author: Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870
Publication date: 1850
Publisher: Philadelphia, Hazard & Mitchell
Number of Pages: 684


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"SECOND STREET LOTS, FROM THE RIVER, as drawn by lot :


1. Sir William Petty.


19. George Whitehead.


37. Robert Turner.


2. John Allsop. 20. William Bowman.


38. Society.


3. Sarah Fuller. 21. John Sinkok.


39. Society.


4. Thomas Rowland.


22. George Andrews.


40. Joseph Powell.


5. James Claypoole.


23. Richard Marsh.


41. Charles Lloyd.


6. William Isaak.


24. Thomas Elwood.


42. John Barber.


8. William Crispin.


26. Edmund Jefferson.


44. Nicholas More.


10. Edward Martindale.


28. William Shadloe.


46. Joseph Martin.


11. William Bingley.


29. Samuel Claradge.


47. John Willard.


12. John Body. 30. Thomas Bracey.


13. Lawrence Growden.


31. John Ap John.


48. Thomas Dell. 49. Nathaniel Allen.


14. William Lanther.


32. Charles Marshall.


50. Robert Dimsall.


15. Thomas Callowhill.


33. Benjamin East.


51. William Bacon.


16. William Jenkins.


34. William Markham.


52. Ralph Withers.


17. George Powell.


35. Philip Ford.


53. Richard Arner.


18. George White.


36. Solomon Richards.


54. George Fox.


" These lots were drawn before us, this 19th of 7th month, 1682 .- William Markham, Thomas Holme, William Haig, Griffith Jones.


" BROAD STREET LOTS :


11. John Allsop.


21. William Lanther.


2. James Claypoole.


12. William Jenkins.


22. William Penn, jun.


3. Thomas Callowhill.


13. Richard Arner.


23. William Isaak.


4. Robert Turner.


14. Benjamin East.


24. William Markham.


5. Sir William Petty.


15. Thomas Rowland.


25. John Ap John.


6. Saralı Fuller.


26. Solomon Richards.


7. William Crispin.


S. George Evans.


18. John Barber.


27. Joseph Martin. 28. John Willard.


29. Thomas Ellwood.


9. Society.


19. William Bingley.


20. John Boay.


30. George White.


Sarah Woolman 250


George Palmer .. 5,000


Allen Foster. 1,100


John Stevens.


.250


John Mason ..


1,000


Richard Thatcher 1,000


A. B .900


10,000


Richard Parsons ...


43. Thomas Holmes.


7. William Penn, jun.


25. Thomas Fernburgh.


9. George Evans. 27. Thomas Powell.


45. William Penn, P.


1. Charles Marshall.


16. George Andrews. 17. Thomas Fernburg.


10. Society.


2,000


[54.]


10,000


[56.]


APPENDIX.


643


" BROAD STREET LOTS : (continued).


31. Charles Lloyd.


32. Thomas Dell.


33. Ralph Withers.


41. Richard Marsh. 49. Philip Ford.


34. George Whitehead.


42. Edward Martindale.


50. Thomas Bracey.


35. William Penn, P.


43. Edward Jefferson.


44. John Simkok.


52. William Bacon.


53. William Shardloe.


54. William Bowman.


"These lots were drawn before us, this 19th of 7th month, 1682 .- William Markham, Thomas Holme, William Haig, Griffith Jones.


1. John Simcock.


19. William Bowman.


20. Thomas Rowland.


3. Edward Jefferson.


21. Solomon Richards.


4. William Markham.


22. Robert Dimsdale.


40. William Lanther.


5. Nicholas More.


23. Robert Turner.


41. George White.


6. William Penn, jun.


24. John Barber.


42. Thomas Dell.


7. William Crispin.


8. Joseph Martin.


26. Charles Lloyd.


9. William Isaak.


27. William Jenkins.


45. George Powell.


10. William Bacon.


28. Nathaniel Allen.


46. Joseph Powell.


11. Thomas Callowhill.


29. Thomas Elwood.


47. Ralph Withers.


12. William Shardloe.


30. Edward Martindale.


48. Society.


13. George Fox.


31. John Allsop. 49. Society.


14. Thomas Holmes.


32. John Willard.


50. William Penn, P.


15. Thomas Fernburg.


33. George Whitehead.


51. William Bingley.


16. Thomas Powell.


34. Richard Amor.


52. James Claypoole.


17. John Ap John.


35. Benjamin East.


53. John Boay.


18. Sarah Fuller.


36. Philip Ford.


54. Sir William Petty.


" These lots were drawn before us, this 19th of 7th month, 1682 .- William Markham, Thomas Holme, William Haig, Griffith Jones.


1. George White.


19. William Jenkins.


2. William Bingley.


20. George Andrews.


3. William Markham.


21. Thomas Callowhill.


4. Richard Marsh.


22. Ralph Withers.


37. George Evans. 38. James Claypoole. 39. William Shardloc. 40. Nicholas Moore.


5. Thomas Rowland.


23. Samuel Claradge.


41. Thomas Farnburg. 42. John Barber.


6. Solomon Richards.


24. John Simcock.


25. William Crispin.


43. Thomas Holme.


8. Robert Turner.


26. Edward Jefferson.


44. William Bowman.


9. Thomas Ellwood.


27. Benjamin East.


45. William Penn, jun. 46. John Alsop.


11. Thomas Dell.


29. William Isaak.


47. Philip Forde.


12. Nathaniel Allen.


30. George Fox. 31. John Willard.


48. John Boay. 49. Thomas Powell.


14. William Bacon.


32. George Whitehead.


50. Sir William Petty.


15. Joseph Powell.


33. Charles Marshall.


51. Sarah Fuller.


16. Society.


34. Lawrence Growden.


52. William Lantlier.


17. Society.


35. George Powell.


53. Joseph Martin.


18. Richard Amor.


36. Thomas Bracey.


54. Edward Martindale.


"These lots were drawn before us, this 19th of 7th month, 1682 .- William Markham, Thomas Holme, Griffith Jones.


"I do hereby certify, that I have carefully compared the foregoing with an original paper found in the office of the Secretary of the Land-Office, and now remaining in the Surveyor- General's Office, on which there is the following endorsements, ' Original lots in Philadelphia ;' 'Lots of the four streets ;' 'No. Twenty-one, John Hughes ;' ' No. Twenty-one, Richard Peters.' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Surveyor-Gene- ral's Office, the 27th day of December, A. D. 1845. For John Laporte, Surveyor-General. "R. M. CRAIN."


"FOURTH STREET LOTS :


37. Lawrence Growden. 38. Richard Marsh. 39. George Evans.


2. Samuel Claradge.


40. Samuel Claradge.


48. Thomas Powell.


51. George Powell.


36. Thomas Holmes.


37. Robert Dinsdale. 45. Nathaniel Allen.


38. Lawrence Growden.


46. Nicholas More.


47. George Fox.


39. Joseph Powell.


10. John Ap John.


28. William Penn, P.


13. Charles Lloyd.


" BACK STREET LOTS :


7. Robert Dimsdale.


25. Charles Marshall.


43. George Andrews. 44. Thomas Bracey.


INDEX.


A.


ADAMS, Thomas, licensed by Maryland to trade with Swedes, 147.


Ægedius, Rev., arrives from Holland, 331. Allerton, Isaac, protests against Jacquett, 231. Alricks, Jacob, appointed director of New Am- stel, 226. Sails for New Amsterdam, 227. Shipwrecked at Long Island, account of, 230. Letters from, 237, 253. Describes the govern- ment and improvements of New Amstel. Number of houses and families, 239. Com- plaints against, 239. Complains of privation and sickness ; its symptoms and mortality, 247. Complains of things, 253. Great distress, 254. Represents matters at New Amstel ; Christina in a sad condition, 240. Apologizes for not treating Stuyvesant better, 244. Ransoms Englishmen from savages, 246. Loses his wife, 250. Writes to Peter Stuyvesant about purchase of Whorekills, 255. Sickness, 256. Writes to Peter Stuyvesant about Maryland, 257. Colonel Utie's arrival and conduct, 260. Bad situation, 260. Detains express, 265. Charged with fear, 265. Informed of their arrival by Krygier and Van Ruyven, with soldiers, 271. He sick, 271. Censured as cause of misfortunes, 273, 275. Appoints D'Hinoyossa his successor, 299. Dies, 299. Character, 300. Consequences of his death, 300. A convention of schepens on his af- fairs, 300. Not much lamented, 300. Tes- timony against him, 301. Inventory taken, 316. Shameful conduct towards, 317. Books and papers to be sent to Amsterdam, 337.


Alricks, Peter, commander at Whorekills, 301. Despatched to governor of Maryland, 328. Has special license to trade, 333. Estate con- fiscated, 369. License granted to trade at Whorekills, 369. Appointed a counsellor, 371. Negroes confiscated restored, 372. Appointed by Colve, sheriff and commander, 408. Takes oath of allegiance, and required to take it from others, 408. Authorized to enlist sol- diers, 408. Their pay and rations, 408. His instructions ; religion according to Synod of Dordrecht to be preached, and nothing con- trary to it by other sects ; Dutch government to be made palatable to Indians, 408.


Altona, Fort, (late Christina, which see,) 226, 234. Badly garrisoned, 240. Beekman's ac- count of garrison of, 296. Provisions scarce, 313, 315, 318. A drum borrowed, having none fit for use, 307, 316. Soldiers without shirts, 310. Other wants, 310. Meeting at, to negotiate affairs with Indians, 328. Diffi- culty about grinding, 334. Speak of disband-


ing soldiers, 336. Several families persuaded to move from, to the colony, 337. Asks for a minister; have not had the sacrament for two and a half years ; several to be baptized, 337. Badly provided with powder and balls, 338. Sickness and want of provisions at, 339, 340. Must receive bread-corn from Manhattan ; Three Minqua chiefs arrive at, 341. Scarce of ammunition, 348.


Amsterdam, merchants of, send out vessels on discovery, 5. · Arrival in America, 5. Privi- leges, 5. Many going to South River from, 346.


Andriessen, Jan, grant of land to, by Dutch, 87.


Andross, Sir Edmund, appointed governor, 412. Arrives at New York, 412. Issues proclama- tion, 413. Reinstates officers, except Alricks, on Delaware, 413. Writes to governor of Maryland of his getting possession, 413. His proclamation, 414. His letter to Cantwell, and instructions, 415. Remits quit-rents for first year on new lands, 416. Expects to go to Delaware, 416. Writes to Gov. Carteret respecting murders, and to prepare horses for his visit to Delaware, 417. Confirms a grant by Lovelace, 419. Purchases land from In- dians below the Falls, 420. Offers aid to go- vernor of Maryland, 421. Various grants of land, 421, 423, 424. Advises Maryland to peace, 426. Instructions respecting courts on Delaware, 427. Petition to, from New Castle, 431-435. His answer to, 432-437. Lands to be paid for to the Indians, and other pur- chases made, 437. Reply to, from New Cas- tle, 439. Requires land-holders to report, and receive patents, 441. Directions to the jus- tices, 441. Directs Upland Court to buy land from Indians, 442. Writes to governor of Maryland, he is going to England, 445. Sends musket-balls to Billop ; advice to justices how to act; appoints Brockholls his deputy, 445. Grants of land by, 446. Returned from Eng- land ; deputation from New Castle, 456. Re- vokes order about quit-rents, 457. Other directions about lands, 457. Reply to peti- tion of the court, 458. Allows a minister, 458. Appoints six selectmen for Elseborg, with help of a justice from New Castle, to form a court, 459. Appoints justices for New Cas- tle, 459. Orders purchase from Indians of lands below the Falls, 461. Appoints Philip Pocock, surveyor, 461. Instructed to return to England, leaving A. Brockholls deputy, 472. Notifies justices, 481. Levin's arrival, 481. Gives name of Deal to Whorekill, 483. Commissions Brockholls, 485.


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INDEX.


645


Apoquinimy Creek, meeting at, 329. The place


of delivery of tobacco from Maryland, 329. Finns at, 374. Several families propose set- tling there, 383. Settling rapidly, 394. Grant of land at, 395.


Appeals from courts on Delaware to New York,


479. To England; security given to prose- eute, 479.


Appleboom, H., Swedish agent, protests against Dutch, 210. Action on by States-General, 210.


Arasapha, 4. (See Delaware River.)


Arbitrations recommended by Andross, 428.


Arbitrators appointed between New England


commissioners and Stuyvesant, 120. Their award, 121.


Aren, ship, arrival with Rysingh, 150.


Aspinwall, William, sent from Boston to Dela- warc, 79. How treated, 79.


Assault and battery, curious case of, 311.


Assembly of XIX., their origin, 9. Complain of frauds, &c. in trade of furs, &c., 49.


Assembly, notice to sheriffs to hold election for representatives, 603. First meeting, 607. Proceedings, 609. Act of union, petition for, 610. Passed, 611. Act of settlement, 615. The Great Law, 619.


Attachment on goods in New York; goods rc- moved to Delaware; released by court, con- trary to governor's orders; court to make them good, 375.


Attorneys, pleading, rule respecting, 438. Oath taken by, 439. To pay crier a fee, 439.


Augsburg Confession to be used by Swedes, 53, 67.


B.


Baltimore, Cecilius, Lord, obtains a grant of Maryland, 29. Abstract of it, 29. Arrives in Maryland, 257. Directs surveys of lands, 257. Orders to Colonel Utie, 258. Letter to Duteh commander on Delaware, 258. Orders Captain James Neal to represent his claim in Holland, 317. Reply of Directors to, 318. States-General present situation of the colony in England, 319. Report of his obtaining confirmation of his patent, 327. Commis- sioners to, to negotiate peace, 328. Meet at Colonel Utie's, 328. Agents oppose Penn's petition, 476. Disturbances from, expected at Jones's, 524. Penn sends messenger to, 605.


Baptist Church formed at Cape May, 423.


Bayard, Peter, receives grant of Bombay Hook, 423. Buys from Indians, 463.


Beaver skins, large trade in, by Swedes, 81. High price of, 108.


Beeker, J. Juriansen, complained against for selling liquors to soldiers and lads ; bad ef- fects of, 301. Punished, 312.


Beckinan, William, appointed commissary and vicc-director, 248. His salary, oath, and in- structions, 218. Authorized, with Alricks, to purchase lands from natives, 249. Writes to Peter Stuyvesant about Colonel Utic, 261, 262. Protest against Utie, 262-265. Sends sol- diers as express to Peter Stuyvesant, 265. Alricks prevents, 265. Charges Alricks and


D'Hinoyossa with fear, 265. Stuyvesant's letter to, complaining of his treatment of Utie, 266. Letter to Peter Stuyvesant in self- justification, 275. Describes the garrison at Altona, 297. Sickness of, 298. Applies for a situation for his son, 301. Various extracts from his letters, 307, 308. Writes to governor, &c. of Maryland, to return deserters, 315. Asks how to act towards English, 316. Scarce of provisions, 317. Absent, 318. Complains of D'Hinoyossa's conduct, 320. A son born to ; wishes to have him baptized, 320. Writes of murders by Indians, 320. Predicts that the river will be settled by English and Swedes, 321. Persons from Maryland arrive, and ask if he would give up fugitives; his cautious reply, 322. Required to act as sheriff, 324. Wishes Swedes and Finns to marry Hollanders, 327. D'Hinoyossa refuses to speak to, 328. Difficulty about the colours, 328. Negotiates with Maryland for peace, 328. Wants supplies, 328. Allows mill at Turtle Falls; soldiers to pay no grist; great diffi- culty about grinding, 334. Dispute with D'Hinoyossa about jurisdiction, &c., 334. Charges against D'Hinoyossa, 335. Agrees to arrest soldiers for D'Hinoyossa, 336. Van Sweringen's conduct, 336. Asks for a minis- ter at Altona, to baptize the children, and ad- minister the sacrament, which they have not had for two and a half years, 337. Invited to New Amstel on account of threats from Indians, 338. Has another son; two unbap- tized; expects a minister, 338. Writes to Peter Stuyvesant about Printzdorp, 339. Also about soldiers for D'Hinoyossa, 339. Apolo- gizes for charges of merchants, 339. His ac- count of capture and execution of an English runaway servant, 340. Willim's account of D'Hinoyossa's sudden departure for Mary- land, 341. Orders beavers to pay for wages, &c., 341. Further charges against D'Hino- yossa, 342. Writes for medicines against small-pox, 343. Land granted to, by Peter Stuyvesant, 346. Asks for a situation, 347. Entertains Lord Baltimore, 349. Letter from directors on transfer of colony, 352. Writes to Peter Stuyvesant for an office, 355, 356. Resigns and leaves South River, 359. Ap- pointed sheriff, 359. Dies, 360. License from governor to sell his estate on Delaware eon- firmed, 373.


Bengtsen, Andrew, arrives, 219.


Bengtsen, Matthew, under-sheriff, &c., dies, 340. Berkley, Lord, grant to, of New Jersey, 360. Sells to Billinge, 404. Grant by Duke, of West Jersey, to assignees of, 457.


Besk, Captain J. Amundson, grant of land to, 138. Appointed captain of the navy, 141.


Beversrede, Fort, on Schuylkill, erected, 77, 78. Swedes build before it, 104. Suffering state of, the garrison being small, 104.


Bible, the test of learning, 462.


Bikker, Gerrit, commander of Fort Casimir, to be apprehended for delivering it up, 169.


Billinge, Edward, purchases Lord Berkley's in- terest in New Jersey, 404. Penn arbitrates between Fenwick and, 405.


Billop, Captain Xerper, sub-collector of eus-


546


INDEX.


toms, 440. Also, commander, 441. Complaints against, for misusing the fort, 451.


Bishop of London asked to prepare a law for Protestant religion, 487.


Blancke, Captain Juriaen, arrives on Schuyl- kill with vessel for Hudde, ordered away, 84. Order from Printz to depart, 86. He leaves, 86.


Block, Captain Adriaen, sails from Amsterdam,


5. His vessel burned, 5. Builds another, 5. Block, Hans, appointed a counsellor, 371.


Bloemmaert, Samuel, said to be interested with Godyn's purchase, 24. Associates and be- comes patroon, 25. Purchase on east side, 25. Bombay Hook, trade interdicted, 333. Grant of, to Peter Bayard, 423. Peter Bayard pur- chases from Indians, 463. The deed, 463. Bones, Hans, land granted to, 369.


Boston merchants send expedition to Delaware to discover a lake, 79. How treated by the Swedes, 79, 80. Another expedition from ; disastrous results, 82.


Boyer, Alexander, letter informs of outrages of Swedes at Schuylkill, 103. Difficulty with Lieutenant Schute, 106.


Breda, treaty of peace at, concluded between English and Dutch, 370.


Brick and stone made in New Amstel, 209. Bridlington. (See Burlington.)


Brinkloe, John, purchases land from Indians, between Jones's and Duck Creek, 487.


Britton, Mary, another first-born, 483.


Brockholls, Anthony, commissioned as deputy by Andross, 485. Letter to court about clerk, 501. Letter from, to justices, 515. On ex- pected disturbance from Maryland, 524. Di- rections to Harman to collect quit-rents, 538. Laying out circle at New Castle, 538. Decla- ration to justices of lower counties, of transfer to Penn, 605. Letter to Werden on delivery of territories to Penn, 635.


Broadhead, John R., New York historical agent to Europe, 41. Result of his labours, 42.


Broen, Thomas, settles on Schuylkill ; buildings


pulled down by Swedes, 103. Purchase of Mantes Corner, 114. Arrested for abuse of Jacquett, 209.


Brown, Daniel, sent from Whorekill to New York, for contempt of court, 397.


Bucks county established, 605. Early settlers in, 448. Grants of land, 468. Oldest deed for land, 501.


Buffington, Richard, said to be the first-born of English parents in what is now Pennsylva- nia, 468.


Burlington laid out, 443. John Kinsey dies, and is buried there, 443. First ship arrives at; river frozen in one night, 461. Sends a vessel to Barbadoes, and thus begins the fo- reign commerce from Delaware, 477. Number of marriages at, 484. Friends correspond with London, 486. First acts of assembly passed at, 535. Made a port of entry, 537.


C.


Callicott, Richard, sent on voyage of discovery to Delaware; obliged by Dutch to return with loss, 80.


Calvert, Governor Philip, meets commissioners, 329. Letters from, 329.


Camden, New Jersey, first settlements at, 526. Campanius, Rev. John, (Holm,) arrives with Printz, 69. Consecrates church at Tinnicum, 69. Account of his voyage, 69. Returns to Sweden, 101. His passage, 101. Sketch of of him; Indian translation of Catechism, 101. Dies, 102.


Cantwell, Edmund, high sheriff of New Castle and Delaware, to have land cleared for Go- vernor Lovelace, 399. To take up strays, and sell them for his royal highness's benefit, 400. Appointed to appraise Tinnicum, 403. Ap- pointed sheriff and receiver of quit-rents, &c., and, with Tom, to receive the fort at New Castle, 413. Instructions, 413. To administer oath to officers, 414. Inquire for colours, 414. Letter from Andross, giving further orders, 415. Sends express to governor about mur- ders, 417. Informs council of Fenwick's arrival, 421. To be "checked" for raising an alarm, 425. Fined for assault, 425.


Cape May named, 5. Baptists settle at, and form a church, 423. Henlopen named, 5. Carleton, Sir Dudley, instructed by England to protest against Dutch trade, 10. His protest, 10. The result, 11.


Caroli, Laur, or Carels, (see Laers,) proceedings in court of New Castle stopped in New York, 425. Grant of land, 448. Complaint against for his fence, 459.


Carr, Captain John, grant of land to, for his good conduct in taking Delaware, 369. An- other grant to, 370. Appointed a counsellor, 371. To deliver up Tinnicum to Peter Al- ricks, 373. Censured severely by Governor Lovelace, for not doing his duty, yet receiving salary, 392. Suit against, 400. Governor Lovelace's letter to, on Jones's outrage at Whorekill, 401. Estate to be confiscated, if he do not submit to Dutch, 409. House, &c., sold for debt, 444.


Carr, Sir Robert, knight, commissioned by King Charles, with Nicholls, &c., to take New Netherlands, 358. Commissioned to proceed with frigates to the Delaware, 362. His in- structions, 363. Arrives there, and captures New Amstel, 364. Articles of capitulation, 364. Oath taken, 365. His official account of his operations, 365, 366. Situation of things, 366.


Carteret, Sir George, grant to, of N. Jersey, 360. Carteret, Philip, governor of New Jersey, ar- rives, 369. To inquire about murders, and prepare horses for Andross, 417. Authorizes purchase of lands from Indians, 465.


Cartier, Jacques, engineer and surveyor, 227. Cartwright, Geo., commissioned, with Nicholls,


&c., to take New Netherlands, 358.


Carver, Mary, a first-born, 599.


Casimir, Fort. (See Fort Casimir.)


Cecilius obtains renewal of patent to his father,


330. Arrived, 330. Arrives at New Amstel, 349.


Census taken, 442, 444, 446.


Certificates of the conduct of the Swedes, 105. Charles Gustavus passes ordinance respecting tobacco, laying duty; reason assigned, 173.


INDEX.


647


Charles, king of England, grant to Sir Edmund Plowden, 36.


Charles II. of England, grants to James, duke of York, &c., New England, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, &c .; commissions Colonel R. Nicholls, Carr, &c., to visit the colonies, &c., 356-358.


Charles's River, (see Delaware River,) 4.


Charter granted to Dutch West India Company, 8. Summary of, 9. Of Swedish West India Company, 16.


Chester named; circumstances attending, 605. Memorial from inhabitants, representing im- possibility of electing the required number of representatives to assembly, 603. Mem- bers named, 604. County established, 605. Court, first entry, 525.


Chichester. (See Marcus Hook.)


Christians charged with murder of savages, 301. Christina, queen of Sweden, born, 21. Gives


Tinnicum to Governor Printz, 76. Assumes government, 82. Abdicates, 155.


Church consecrated at Tinnicum, and burial, 89. Churches, only three, 417. Governor Andross and court give directions about them, 417. Friends' meeting at Salem, 422. Baptist, at Cape May, 423. Churchwardens appointed by the court, 438. Wiccacoa built, 438. Af- fairs referred by court to John Moll and Al- ricks, 454. Requires repair; to be done by tax, 458. To be repaired at expense of mem- bers, 467.


Claes, Abbe, renders an account for services, 236.


Clapboards to be shipped, 316.


Claypoole, James, extracts from his letter-book, showing the progress of Penn in England, 520, 521, 522, 534, 537, 540, 554, 558, 579, 580. His son goes with Holmes, 557. Chosen treasurer of society ; going to Pennsylvania, 576, 579, 580, 595.


Cock, Lacey, account of expenses of Indians and justices, 440.


Cock, Laurence, conveys land at Shackamexing, 460.


Cock, Peter, appointed a counsellor, 371. Grant of land confirmed by Governor Lovelace, 377. Cogswell, Robert, captain, sails from New Ha- ven ; Kieft's protest against him, 58.


Coinclisse punished for wounding a soldier, by sending him to South River with blacks, 49. Collier, John, appointed commander on Dela-


warc, 425. His instructions, 426. Also, sub- collector and receiver, 426. To go to Mary- land respecting war with Indians, 426. Other duties, 426.


Colony, Dutch, under Swedish protection, about to be settled below Christina, by Hockhammer & Co .; extensive grant and privileges to them, 52.


Colve, Anthony, appointed governor of Dela- ware by the Dutch, 405. His commission, 406. Appoints Peter Alricks sheriff and comman- der, 408. Ilis instructions, 408. Provides for sufferers by Maryland, 410. Petition of Fab- ricius to, 411.


Comincree, college of, to instruct Printz, 142. Various privileges for settlement of country granted by, 145.


Commissioners from Manhattan arrive at South River; visit Governor Printz; uncourteous reception by Huygens and Pappegoya; their protest against occupation of Schuylkill, the sale of which is sanctioned by the Indians, 102. Appointed to take New Netherlands, 358. Appoint Sir R. Carr to procced with frigates to Delaware, 362. His commission, 362. Instructions, 363.


Company formed, and privileges granted for their discoveries, 6. Dutch West India, char- tered, 9. Another formed, 55. Virginia, send an expedition to the Delaware, under Captain Jones, 10.


Complaints of grievances between Dutch and Swedes, 123.


Confiscation of estates of those opposed to Eng- land, 369, 370, 372. Some negroes restored, 372. A general act of, passed by the Dutch, 409.


Connecticut, English from, attempt to take Fort Nassau, 40.


Conningsmark, the Long Finn; recital of his crime ; order to arrest, 375 ; with Henry Cole- man, 375; in irons, 376. Letter from gover- nor, 376. Printz's daughter and Little Domine concerned, 377. Debate in council, 378. Sen- tence of, 378. Court to try him, 379. Sent to Barbadoes, 379.




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