Nicolls's and Sir Robert Carr's companies one hundred and sixty-eight strong, formed into six columns of about thirty men each, next entered New Amsterdam ; whilst Sir George Cartwright occupied with his men the city gates and Town Hall." The volunteers from Connecticut and Long Island, were detained at the ferry at " Brenkelen," " as the citizens dreaded most being plundered by them." Finally the Burgomasters having proclaimed Nicolls Governor, he called Fort Amsterdam "Fort James," and the name of the city and Province he changed to " New York." ^ Thus ended the Dutch dominion in America, and thus forever passed away the great Batavian Province of New Netherland from the Republic of the United Netherlands.

The Articles of Capitulation were twenty-three in number, and never were more favorable terms granted by a superior power. Great prudence on one side was met by great liberality on the other, and Nicolls proved that he was all that his commission as Deputy-Governor described him, honest, prudent, able, and fit. It would be foreign to our purpose to discuss these Articles of Capitulation, or as usually termed "Surrender," at length.* Those only which bear upon our subject will be mentioned, viz -- the third, eighth, eleventh, twelfth, sixteenth, and twenty-first. They are as follows : --

3 II. O'Call., 536.

< They are to be found in II. Col., Hist., 250 ; I. Brod., 762, and in many other historical wurks.

THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MANORS.

" nr. All people shall still continue free denizens, and shall enjoy their lands, houses, goods, wheresoever they are within this country, and dispose of them as they please.