"Remonstrates reverently, Adriaen Van der Douck, residing in New Netherlands that to the supplicant was granted by the Director General and Council in New Netherlands, the accommodations the Saw Kill with the adjacent lands to erect there paw- and grist mills, and plantations and boweries according to his means and ability, which grant was chi(.'fly obtained because the supplicant had contributed a vast deal by his services as mediator, to negotiate and conclude a peace between the director Kieft from the one side and the Indians from the other side, not without great sacritice from his side, as it was the first part of the year when his presence was wantod at home, and all this at his own expense so that he might assert without boasting that he contributed at least as much to its consolidation than any other person whatever, so that at length peace was concluded when the supplicant advanced the principal part of the monr'y, as the Director General was at that period not well provided with it to procure seawant,"^ which was wanted for presents in confirmation of the peace which God be praised, remains yet uninterrupted. After I attained this grant in the year 1640, I resolved to reside here, erected a saw mill and laid out a farm and plantation, and was actually resolved to continue on this spot, when I further with consent of th;.' Director General,- purchased a part of said land from the Indians the original proprietors, who reclaimed it as belonging to them, but the suppliant obsor%'ing that near the Baw kill were valleys used as commons which by enclosure migiit be properly adapted for buy lauds, so was he permitted by the Director General to purchase these valley? from the Indians, on the best possible terms. This induced the the supplicant to follow his plan, having obtained as I already mentioned the con. sent and approbation of the Director General and Council, and included said valleys in his purchase, as he did not possess other low lands.