" Whereas, wee by the bearers, your present magistrates were informed, which in part your letters (subscribed by one Richard Mills) doe confirm, that the nomination for new magistrates at due time by them, were propounded at a town meeting, but hitherto differed through some unacceptable orders of Hartford's assembly, this, therefore, are to require and to order you and every one that are inhabitants of your towne, that I shall not attend any of there orders, nor that you shall not send any deputies thither, but that you shall, according to oath and duty upon sight of this presents, make nomination of magistrates for this present year, and present them upon Monday sennit before us, and if any should be unwilfully so to doe, we have ordered the bearers, that the names of such disobedient and troublesome persons shall be sent unto us, that we may act, and proceed against them according to law and judgment : so, after my love, I shall rest, your loving friend

and Governor,

Done in Fort Amsterdam, P. Stuyvesant.

N. N.5 12 May, 16G3.

On the 14th day of May, 1663, the general assembly of Connecticut, choose " Mr. Willys, Mr. Gould, Capt. Sallcote and Capt. Young, as a committee to consider and give up their thoutrhts and apprehensions concerning the settlernent of Westchester and Stamford, and to make return to the court.''^

The same court also ordered, that " the letter drav/ne up by the committee to the Manhadoes, be drawn out ftiir and sent to the Lord Stephenson, &c., as also the letter to Westchester."*^