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dross's absence, 455. Ask for trade with Maryland for negroes, 456. Articles belong- ing to fort, 457. Captain Billop ordered to New York, 457. Justices appointed, 459. Court to extend its care to east side, 459. And Upland county, limits between mutually set- tled, 459. Philip Pocock appointed surveyor, 461. Court addresses governor for relief in pay- ing quit-rents in wheat, saying they have only tobacco, 468. An old servant in the fort, 469. Enlargement of the county proposed, 469. Justices appointed, 472. Harman surveyor, 472. Indian deed to John Moll, for lands up to the falls, for public benefit, 477. Tax for wolf-scalps, and charge for collecting, 478. Commissions of justices continued, 525. Windmill at, 533. Deeds of feoffment, 588, 590. Penn's arrival at, 596. Record of it, 596. Formal possession given, 596. Certifi- cate of citizens, 597. Submission of inha- bitants, 597. Commission to Penn's justices, 598. Their written obligations, 598. Notices to attend a court at, 599. First court held at, 600. Proceedings; Penn's speech, 601. Weekly market established, 604. Established, 605.
New Gottenberg, fort built, 70. Destroyed by fire, 84. Name changed, 226.
New Haven, Connecticut, settled, 48. English from, purchase lands on Delaware, 57, 58. Vessel sent there; protest against, 58. Pro- ceedings of general court respecting Dela- ware, 59, 75. Purchase at Delaware, through the friendship of a Pequot sachem, 60. Settle on Schuylkill, and are driven off by Dutch, 61. Trading-house burnt by order of Kieft; Lamberton ill-treated, 62. Protests against Kieft, 62. Deposition of John Thickpenny, 75. Letter from, to general court, 78. Pre- sident Eaton writes to Kieft about injuries received on Delaware, 88. Shipwreck of several persons from, 93. Governor Eaton writes to Stuyvesant about his course as to duties, &c., 118. Mr. Leech presents a fa- vourable report of Delaware, 119. Governor Eaton inquires of United Colonies what is to be done, 119. They discourage planting it, on account of hands, 119. But leave it to their discretion, 119. Allude to purchase, 119. Justified by commissioners in their course to Stuyvesant, 119. Applies to Ply- mouth Colony for help; they decline, 123. Fifty men hire a vessel for Delaware; they are arrested at Manhattan, 127. Memorial of Jaspar Graine, &e., respecting it, 127-130. Proceedings of commissioners on it; they write to Dutch governor, 130, 131. Deter- mine to settle plantations on Delaware ; apply to Captain Mason ; he declines, 133. A ves- sel from, protested against, 135. Proceed- ings of general court at; letter to the Swedes, 153. Right to lands on Delaware asserted, 156. Further proceedings about Delaware, 166, 171. Report of commissioner appointed by last court on Delaware ; purchase of lands, &c., 171. Mr. Davenport and Hooke decline going, 171. Proposed to two magistrates to go, 171. Their answer, 172. Petition of Munson and Cooper, for privileges in settling 83
Delaware, 174. Answer of the court to, 175. Court meets to receive John Cooper's report on his voyage to Delaware, 176. Further proceedings, 177.
New Jersey, grant of, to Berkley and Carteret, 360. Name given, 360. Letter from Love- lace to, about murders, 388. Governor to call assembly, 389. Complimented by Go- vernor Lovelace, 392. Berkley sells to Bil- linge, 404. Fenwick appoints Penn, &c. trustees, 410. Penn aids in settling, 410. New grant for, to duke, 412. New convey- ance to Carteret, 412. John Fenwick arrives ; Purchases land from Indians, 419. Divided, 424. Ship Kent arrives with commissioners from the London and Yorkshire Companies, who purchased Billinge's lands, 443. They purchase from the Indians, 443.
New Netherlands, first so called, 6. Company ask for protection against the English, 7. Rejected, 8. No appeal from judgment of, 138. Divided into New York and New Jer- sey, 360.
New Port May, (see Delaware Bay,) 4.
New Swedeland Stream, (see Delaware River,) 4.
New Sweden, convict to be transported to, 138. New York. (See New Amsterdam.) Receives its name, 362. Court of assizes issue order respecting patents, old and new, 370. Go- vernor and council give directions for better government on Delaware, 371, 372. Appeals from Delaware to, 372. Dutch ships, under Evertse and Benkes, arrive, 405. Commander of the fort delivers it up, and Dutch power again prevails there, and in New Jersey and Delaware, 405. Reverts to England, 410. Andross, governor under Duke of York, ar- rives, 412. Issues proclamation, 414. M. Nicholls sworn as one of council, 413. Re- solution of council respecting Fenwick, 421. Thomas Dongan appointed governor, 596.
Nicholls, Colonel Richard, commissioned by King Charles to take possession of New Ne- therlands, 358. Arrives with the commis- sioners at New Amsterdam, 361. Issues his proclamation, 361. 'Corresponds with Stuy- vesant, 361, 362. Issues his orders to Cap- tain Hyde, of the Guinea, 362. Proposals to treat received from Peter Stuyvesant, 362. Commissioners appointed ; articles drawn up and signed, 362. Changes name to Now York, 362. Turns attention to the Delaware, 362. Commissioners appoint Sir R. Carr to proceed there with three frigates, 362. Ap- pointed by the others to procced to Delaware and establish government, &c., 367. Grants a license to trade there, 368. Grants land to Captain John Carr, 369. Issues orders to collectors and receivers, to grant encourage- ment to trade, 369. Succeeded by Governor Lovelace, 370. Expenses of expedition to Delaware to be paid out of fines of Long Finn, 397.
Noble, Richard, a surveyor, 443. Produces his commission as surveyor of Upland, from An- dross, 470.
Nova Casarea, (see New Jersey,) 360.
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Oath to be administered to Swedes and Finns, 359 .- Illegally taken in New York to be void at Whorekill, 465.
Obbes, Captain Lumis, runs off with a vessel loaded with provisions for New Amstel ; great distress by it, 254.
Oplandt, Fort, erected, 25.
Oppression complained of by a jailor, 245.
Ordinance respecting tobacco, 97, 225. Ordinaries, fit persons to be appointed, 442.
Oxenstiern, John, Swedish ambassador to Eng-
land ; said to have removed English claim to America, 28.
Oxenstiern, Axel, chancellor, publishes procla- mation of Gustavus, 34. And an address, 34. Assigns reasons for previous failure, 34. Death of 155.
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Pappegoya, John, arrives with letter of intro- duction to Governor Printz, 76. Conduct to Dutch commissioners, 102. Succeeds Printz, 142. Recommended by Rysingh, 155. An- nounces arrival of the Mercurius on Dela- ware, 212.
Pappegoya, Madame, [Armgardt Printz,] peti- tions governor for Tinnicum, 219. Granted, 220. And to excuse her man from trainings, and allow her to distil in her own kettle, which he grants, 399. Suit against Captain Carr for Tinnicum; proceedings in court, 400, 401. Appraisers commissioned to value Tinnicum, and put her in possession, 403.
Passengers, number who have arrived through Penn's agency, 462.
Passport, Swedish, to Oloeff Stille, 39.
Passyunk, village of Swedes at, 309 .. Swedes unwilling to remain there, 314. Census of, to be taken, 313.
Patents, order respecting old and new, espe- cially under Dutch, 370. Order of Lovelace respecting, 374. For land to be granted, 382, 387. For land to be recorded, 418. Of Love- lace confirmed by Andross, 419. From Ni- cholls, in 1668, for lot at Upland, transferred, 450. See Lands.
Patroonships offered by Dutch West India Com- pany to certain Swedes, 21. S. Godyn ac- cepts the offer, 22.
Pedrick, Roger, conveys his share of Marcus Hook, 454. Asks for a division, 462.
Penington, Mary, dies, 595.
Penn, William, born, 81. Arbitrates between Fenwick and Billinge, 404. Appointed a trustee to Fenwick, 410. Sends over com- missioners to Jersey, 443. Death of his fa- ther, 473. His circumstances then, 473. Marriage to G. M. Springett, 473. Connec- tion with Jersey, 473. Debt of government to his father, 474. Proposes to take land in America, 474. His petition for it, 474. Pro- ceedings before privy-council, 475, 476, 480 -487. Receives, with others, conveyance of West Jersey, 478. Obtains removal of duties from Whorekill, 478. Boundaries fixed by Lord North, 486. Lord Bishop
asked to draft a law for settling Protestant religion, 487. Committee of lords present charter to the king for his approbation, leav- ing name blank, 487. His majesty signs the charter, thus constituting William Penn pro- prietary of PENNSYLVANIA, 488. The charter, 488-499. Letter from, to R. Turner, giving history of the name, and his feelings, 500. His letter to the inhabitants, 502. Instruc- tions to Markham, 503. Appoints him deputy governor, 503. His commission, 503. Writes letter to Lord Baltimore, 505. Issues pro- posals ; advantage of colonies; description and plan, 505-513. Conditions and conces- sions, 516-520. Treatment of Indians, 519. His progress, 520. Negotiation for New Cas- tle discouraging, 521. Letter to R. Turner ; refusal of handsome offers, 521, 522. Letter to James Harrison, explaining provision for servants, &c., and appointing him agent in England to sell land, 523. Power of attorney to, 524. Appoints three commissioners to lay out town, &c., 527, 639. Their instructions, 527. Letter to the Indians, 532. Gives his views to James Harrison on several points, 538. Gives deeds in England, 540. Sends to France for grape-vines, 540. Gives deed for what he sells, 554. Charters Free Society of Traders, and grants land, 541-550, 554. Commissions Thomas Holme, surveyor-gene- ral, 555. Publishes frame of government, and his views on government, 558-568. Laws passed in England, 568-574. Letter to persons from Maryland, supposed to be seated in Pennsylvania, 575. Authorizes Philip Ford to sign list of lands sold in Eng- land, to be sent Thomas Holme, 576, 637- 642. Loses his mother; in great affliction, 575. Penn introduces, by letter, the Society to Emperor of Canada, 579. Letter from Sir William Petty, on future greatness of Pennsylvania, 584. Letter to the Indians, read by Thomas Holme, 585. Duke of York's deed for Pennsylvania, 586. Grant to, of the territories, 588. Deeds of feoffment, 588, 590. Sets sail from England, after bidding family and friends adieu, in ship Welcome, 592. Loses his mother-in-law, Mary Pening- ton, 595. Arrives at the Capes, 596. At New Castle, 596. Record of it there, 596. Re- ceives possession, 596, 597. Submission of the inhabitants, 597. Appoints Markham attorney to receive possession below New Castle, 598. Commissions justices for New Castle, 598. Their obligation, 599. Issues notices for a court, 600. Holds first court at New Castle, 600. His speech, &c., 601. Re- ceives possession below New Castle, 602. Certificate of witnesses, 602. Writ to sheriffs to hold elections for assembly at Upland, 603. Petition of freeholders of Chester county, respecting number of representatives, 603. Appoints sheriff of Deal, and orders election, 603. Arrives at Shackamaxon, 604. Esta- blishes a market at New Castle, 604. Sends messenger to Lord Baltimore, 605. Divides into counties, 605. Act of union, 610. Act of settlement, 615. The Great Law, 619-634. Treaty under Elm Tree, 634. List of lands
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sold by, in England, 637-642. Commission to lay out city, 637. Commission to justices in the counties about lands, 636.
Pennsbury mentioned as a site for Philadelphia, 594.
Pennsylvania, the charter, 488-499. How named, 500. King's declaration of the grant, 502. Markham appointed governor, 503. Penn's proposals and deseription, 505-513. Declaration of Governor Brockholls to the justiees, 515. Conditions and concessions, 516-520. Extraets from private correspon- denee, respecting progress of Penn's plan, 520, 522, 534, 537, 540, 554, 558, 579, 580. Commissioners preparing to go, 523. Their commission, 530. Intercourse between Eng- land and, 534. Manner of taking up lands, 539. Charter of Free Society of Traders, 540. Thomas Holme's commission as sur- veyor-general, 555. Frame of government; views on government, 558-568. Laws passed in England, 568-574. Letter to squatters from Maryland, 574. List of lands sold in England, prepared for Thomas Holme, 576, 637-642. Map of, mentioned, 581. First Indian purchase in; deed, 581. Letter on future greatness of, by Sir William Petty, 584. Duke of York's deed for, 586. Deeds of feoffment for the territories, 588, 590. Penn arrives and receives possession of the terri- tories, 596-598. Divided into counties, 605. Aet of union, 611-615. Act of settlement, 615-619. The Great Law, 619. List of lands sold by Penn, in England, &e., and quantities, 637-642.
Permission granted to a vessel bound to South
River, to go there without stopping at Man- hattan, 247.
Petersen, Jan, barber or surgeon on South Ri- ver, 49.
Petty, Sir William, letter to Penn on future extent of Pennsylvania, 584.
Philadelphia, site of supposed purchase of, by Hudde, 89. The present site of, petitioned for by Peter Rambo, 447. City laid out, and lots in, drawn for, 595, 642, 643. County established, 605. Names of purehasers, 642.
Planeke, Abraham, grant of land to, by Dutch, 87. Deed, 88.
Ployden, or Plowden, Sir Edmund, grant to, from King Charles, 36. Mysterious history of, 36. New Albion published, 109. Various opinions respecting, 109-113. Certificates respecting him, 109.
Plymouth Colony, applied to by New Haven for help; refuses it, 123.
Plymouth commissioners make a record, to which New Haven commissioners reply, 135.
Poeoek, Philip, appointed surveyor of New Cas- tle, 461. Surveyor of lands below the Falls, on west side, for persons lately from England, 465.
Poutaxat, (see Delaware River,) 4.
Powelson, Captain Jacob, sails from Holland for South River, 51. Arrives, greatly to relief of the Swedes, 52.
Prato, John, appointed councillor at New Am- stel, 301.
Prediction that the river will be settled by Eng- lish and Swedes, 321.
Preston, Samuel, views respecting the mine- holes, 255.
Prince Hendricks, (see Delaware River,) 4. Principle of increase in cattle, 236.
Printz, John, appointed governor of Swedes, 62. His commission, 63. Instructions, 64-68. Salary, 68. Expenses of government, 68. Sails from Stockholm, 68. Arrives, 69. His voyage, 69. State of population on arrival, 69. Seleets Tinnicum for his residence, 70. Erects Fort New Gottenberg, 70. Also Printz Hall, 70. Builds Fort Elsinborg, 70. De- scription of his person by De Vries, 73. Pap- pegoya introduced to him, 75. Treatment of Mr. Lamberton, 75. Tinnieum given to him, 77. Fortifies mouth of Schuylkill, and euts off Dutch trade with Indians, 77. Denies charges made against him by the colonies, 78. Permission to plant on Delaware, 79. Orders Planeke's vessel from Schuylkill; pro- eeedings between him and Hudde, 85. Letter from, to Blancke, ordering him away, 86. Orders Duteh arms pulled down, 89. Violent proceedings, 89. Protests against Hudde, 90. Forbids Swedes from trading with Dutch, 91. Letter from Hudde to, 91. Ill-treats the bearer, 92. Attempts to provoke jealousy between Indians and Dutch, 95. Charged with attempt to purchase land from Indians, 94. Protest from Stuyvesant, 95. Informs his government of the condition of things, and asks for inerease of salary in shape of lands ; government cautious about it, 96. De- tains a Dutch vessel, 96. Hudde protests against a vessel which passes Fort Nassau, 98. Visited by two commissioners from New York; their singular reception, 102. They protest, 102. Orders house built in front of Dutch fort, 103. Letter and protest of Hudde, 106. Stops a Dutch vessel, 117. Grants sea-letter, 138. Desires to return to Sweden; answer to, from Amsterdam, 141. Departed for Sweden, 142. Succeeded by Pappegoya, 142. To receive instructions from College of Commerce, 142. West India Company complain of Governor Stuyvesant for asking privileges for Printz, 147. Departure, 148. His pleasure at, 231.
Printz, Miss, alias Madame, in trouble about removing from Tinnieum, 307. Desires to pay recognitions in provisions, 313. Obtains judgment for a protested bill of exchange, 342. And appeal taken, being for part of Tinnieum, 342. Jeuffro Armgart, alias Pap- pegoya, concerned in the insurrection, 379. Asks exceution against Carr; may be re- newed, 423.
Printzdorp mentioned, 220. History of, 339.
Privateers eommit depredations at Whorekill, 397.
Privileges granted to discoverers, 5, 6. Expire, 7. Applications for, 7.
Prisoner escapes from sheriff, 535. Governor's remarks on, 535.
Protest of William Kieft, 44, 58. Against pro- ceedings of Colonel Utie, 256, 262.
Provision, liberal, for religion and education, by Swedes, 53.
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Prudence, ketch, has a pass for New Castle, 383.
Punishment for crime, 303.
Q.
Quit-rents remitted by Andross, 416. Reserved to the Duke of York, 419. Order of governor revoked, 457. Required in wheat; can be paid in tobacco only, 468. Inquiries of go- vernor respecting them, 468. Inhabitants required to pay, 469. Origin of, 503.
Quiettetting, appeal from court at Salem, re- specting land at; Barrow against Lefevre and Pledger; decision, 469.
R.
Raleigh, Sir Walter's, claim to discovery of the Delaware, 1.
Rambo, Peter, resigns as commissary, 324. Ap- pointed a councillor, 371. Petitions court for land between Wiccacoa and Hartsfelder, 447. Rape committed by Indian ; how punished, 378.
A, to be punished by whipping; commuted to fine to be paid the church, 484.
Religion liberally provided for, 53. Ministers to be supported, 220. Toleration, 573.
Restless, the yacht, built, 5. Arrives in the Delaware, 6. Discovers Schuylkill, 6. Re- turns to Holland, 6.
Rhodes, Dr., murder of, 416.
Robinson, Rev. Mr., his associates arrive in the Mayflower, at Plymouth, 8.
Roger Drew, ship, arrives, and is frozen up at Upland, 537.
Root, Simon, grant of land to, by Dutch, 87. Receives injury from Swedes, 95. Certificate of conduct of Swedes, 105.
Rowles, Walter, constable, to take census, 442. Rynevelt, Abraham, commissary, dies, 247.
Rysingh, John, as governor; his commission,
142. Salary, 143. Grant of land to, 145. Arrives, 148. Surprises and takes Fort Casi- mir, 148. Account of capture, 148, 149. Announces to Stuyvesant his arrival, 150. Title assumed, 151. Offers of friendship to English, Dutch, and Indians, 151. Treaty with Indians at Tinnicum; details of, 152. Letter from, to his government; asks for a wife, 153. Recommends Pappegoya as schout, &c., 155. Letter to, from Eaton, asserting right to lands on Delaware, 156. Invited to Manhattan; declines, 157. Capitulates to Stuyvesant, 187. Report of both actions, 189. Declines offer of restoration of Fort Christina, 196. Arrives at Manhattan, 197. Charge against Stuyvesant; his reply, 197. Peter Stuyvesant's order to land him in Europe, 199. Receipt for payment according to capitulation, 200. His answer to Peter Stuyvesant, 200. Sails for Europe, 203. Said to be arrested in Sweden; released on con- dition of his attempting to recover South River, 324.
Rysingh, John, jun., mentioned, 231.
Rugger, Joost, the miller's, land granted to Hans Bones, 369.
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Sacraments not administered at Altona for two years and a half, 337.
St. Jones county separated from Whorekill, 484. Justices appointed, 472. Harman surveyor, 472. Man fined for abusing, by words, the justices, 479. Fears from Lord Baltimore, 524. Name, &c. changed, 605.
Salem, first ship arrives at, 417. Another ship arrives, with John Fenwick, &c., 417. Friends' meeting established at, 422. Made a port of entry, 539.
Salt, works, in Delaware, 239. High price of, 320.
Scarborough, Edmund, petitions to sail from New York, with negroes, for Virginia, 181. Penalty for stopping at Delaware, 181.
Shackamaxon, many Indians there, 424. Ex- penses of, at, 440. Laurence Cock transfers land at, to Elizabeth Kinsey, at the town of, being one-sixth of original plat, 460. Treaty at, 634.
Schoolmasters to be supported, 53. Curious suit of a, 462.
Schute, Lieutenant Swen, his conduct towards Dutch at Mastmaker's Corner, 117. Grant to him, 138. Asks for a receipt for goods delivered Derk Smidt, 209. Elected captain, 244. Delivers up fort, 185. Censurcd, 189. Schuylkill River discovered, 6. Purchased by Arent Corssen, 35. Indian deed for, 35. Conduct of Swedes and Dutch at, 99, 100. English settle at, and are driven off by the Dutch, 61. Printz fortifies; cuts off Indian trade from Dutch, 77. Fort Beversrede erected, 77, 78. Vessel for Hudde arrives at ; ordered off, 84. Public transfer of, and sanction of sale by the Indians, 102. Hudde grants land on, 102. Ill-treatment by the Swedes, 103. Swedes build in front of Dutch fort, 103. Mill to be built on, at Moonson's Falls, 460.
Sea-letter from Governor Printz, 138.
Senecas kill an Indian, 329. And Minquas at war, 330, 342, 346. Murder two English, 348.
Servants run away from Maryland, 337, 339. One hung, &c., 340. Proclamation of gover- nor, forbidding carrying out of country, 395. A man sold, 450.
Settlement, the first European on Delaware, 12. At Zwanendal, 25. Destroyed, 27.
Shield, ship, arrives from Hull, and proceeds to Burlington, and is frozen up, 461.
Sickness and mortality on Delaware, 62, 247, 248. At New Amstel, 247, 253.
Slander against his majesty and court, 455. Slavery among the Maquas and Mohicans, 7. Small-pox destroys many Minquas, 329. And river savages, 343. Remedies for, 343. Sneart, Jur. Kuys, horribly beaten, 345.
Smidt, Derck, appointed commandant, 204. As guide to Krygier, overland, 234. His instruc- tions, 234. Dies, 327.
South River, (see Delaware River,) 4. Permits to go there, from Manhattan, necessary, 50. Regulations of trade on, 50. A vessel may visit, without touching at Manhattan, 247.
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Emigration to, 346. To be ceded to the city, 349. Reason for, 350.
Stacey, Mahlon, sends out first vessel from Delaware to foreign ports, 477.
States-General of Holland encourage discove- ries, 4. Vessels sent out, 5. Arrival, 5. Their report, 5. Charter the West India Company, 8. Pass resolution ; no appeal from judgment of New Netherland, 138.
Stavely, James, a pass to go to Delaware; form of it, 388.
Stille, Oloeff P., Swedish passport to, 39. Com- missary, returns with others from Maryland, 322.
Strays to be taken up, 423.
Sturgeons abundant in the Delaware, 227.
Stuyvesant, Peter, succeeds Kieft as director- general, 93. His arrival, 93. Hudde sends petition to, 95. Protests against Printz, 95. Letter to, from Tienhoven, 108. Writes to Hudde, noticing the attempts of the Swedes to purchase land around Fort Nassau, and their other designs; censures Hudde, 113. Correspondence between, and Governor Ea- ton, of New Haven, on injuries from Kieft, and the course he intends to pursue as regards duties, 117. His reply, 118. Letter from New England commissioners, 119. Coneludes to meet them at Hartford, 120. Agrees to arbitrate, and appoints his men, 120. Their award, 121. Leave matters in statu quo as to Delaware, 122. Letter to, from directors of West India Company, 122. Questions In- dians respecting sales to Swedes, 124. Pre- sent of lands from Indians, 127. Arrests people from New Haven, on their way to Delaware, 127. Letter of commissioners to, 131. Letter to, from New England colonies, 131. New England commissioners invited by ; they attend, and leave in haste, 135. Protests against a ship from New Haven, 135. Letter to commissioners of New England, 135. Answer of commissioners, 137. Swedes ask protection of, 139. Prudence to Swedes recommended by West India Company, 140. Complaint against, for asking exemption of duties for Printz, 147. Letter from Rysingh to, announcing his arrival, 150. Retaliates on Rysingh by capture of the Golden Shark, 155. Answer to Elswyek for permit, 157. Deerec against the Shark, 158. Correspond- ence with Elswyck, 160, 162. Letter from West India Company, giving their opinion of the surrender of Fort Casimir, and order to avenge it, 168, 170. Sails for Barbadoes, 173. Course respecting Swedish ship ap- proved, 178. Instructions as to treatment of the Swedes, 179. Prepares for the expedi- tion ; orders a fast day, 179. Proclamation, 180. Appoints superintendents of prepara- tions, 180, 181. Persons appointed to aet in his place when absent, 181, 182. Arrives at Delaware, 183. Sends council a report of his operations and suecess, 183. Capitulation of Fort Casimir, 185. Takes Fort Christina ; capitulation, 187. Swedes take oath of alle- giance to, 186. Offers Christina to Rysingh; he refuses, 196. Letter to Rysingh on chargos made against him, 197. Orders to vessels
that are to carry out the Swedes, 199. And to land them in Europe, 199. Departs for Manhattan, 204. Appoints Captain Derck Smidt, commandant, 204. Appoints John Paul Jacquett, 205. His instructions, 205. Letter from directors on capitulation ; curious argument, 209. Letter to, from Captain Huygh, of ship Mercurius, 213. Answer to it, 214. Sends messenger to Delaware, 215. Surprise at receiving no answer, 215. Send soldiers there, 216. Various grants of land by, 216. Threatening aspect at Delaware ; proposes sending the Balance, &c., 216. Re- solution of council, 217. Madame Pappegoya applies to, for Tinnicum, 219. Instructions to transfer Fort Casimir to city, 225. Letter from Alricks, on his shipwreck, 230. Orders to transfer New Amstel; formal transfer of, 232. Letter to Jacquett, removing him, 233. Instructions respecting Jacquett, 236. Pro- clamation against frauds on creditors, 240 .. Arrives at South River; his reception, 243. Makes report, on his return, of things re- quiring attention, 243. Frauds, 242. Letter from Alricks; apology for not treating him better, 244. Instructions how to behave to the English, 245. And towards fugitives from Virginia, 245. Ordered to buy land be- low Bombay Hook, 245. Appoints William Beekman commissary and viee-director, 24S. Letter from directors ; jealousy of the Swedes, 251. To admonish Alricks and assist Wil- liam Beekman, 252. Weight of guns need not be sent, 252. Letter of Alricks about purchase of Whorekills, 255. About Mary- land, 257. Writes to direetors on state of the colony, 258. His gloomy apprehensions, 258. Rumors from Maryland, 258. Alricks to, informs of Colonel Utie's arrival, 260. Let- ter from Beekman about Colonel Utie, 261, 262. Express sent by Beekman to, 265. His displeasure at Beekman and Alricks's ae- eount of Utie's visit, and their treatment of bim, 266, 275. Appoints Hermans and Wal- dron commissioners to Maryland, 268. His instructions to, 269. Letter to governor and council of Maryland, 271. Suggests general war with Indians, 274. Letter from com- pany on state of South River, 277. Fears of Swedes and English, 277. Letter to, in answer from Maryland, 284, 285. Informs council of appointment of commissioners to Maryland; sends their journal, &c., 298. Letter from couneil to, 298. Sends a com- mission to try a case at New Amstel for mur- der, 304. Their instructions, 304. Opinion in case of transfer of, to council, 310. Re- plies to eensures from the council on various matters touching Maryland and D'Ilinoyossa, 337. Appoints a fast-day, which D'Hino- yossa refuses to keep, 336. Insolent language to, 336. Letter from directors to, respecting ministers gone home, 337. Letter from Beek- man about troubles at New Amstel, 338. Letter about Printzdorp, 339. Directs Beck- man to assist D'Hinoyossa with soldiers, 339. Complains of high charges by merchants, 339. His course approved by directors, with regard to a murder, 345. Answer to letter
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