Utreght in the said County has entred upon two of the said Churches without any Lawfull call and has continually obstructed their said Minister in the Exercise of his function and entirely overturned tlie Government & Discipline of tlie said Churclies to the great grief of yo^" Peti"^ & discouragenit of their said Minister. Yor Petrs therefore hum])ly Pray yo^" Excy that tlie matter aforesaid mostly relating to the Ecclesiasticall Gov^ & discipline of the said Dutch Churches may be examined into and that yo^ Excell^y would be pleased to that end to direct some of her Ma^if^s Councill to be Joyned with ' the Deputies of the Dutch Cliurclies of this Province by

yo'^ Excys leave to be assembled to hear the same according to the constitucons aforesaid & report their opinion of that affair to yo"" Exc^ to the end they may l^e relieved as the Justice of their case may require. N:York 21 Jan^ 170f .

And yo^ Pet" as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray &c in the name & by order of the Elders & Deacons aforesaid

Joseph Hegewan Jeronimus Remsen

PlETER NeVIJUS.

ORDER OF COUNCIL THEREON.

[Counc. Min. X.]

Att a council held att Fort Anne in New Yorke the 27ti' day of Jany 1708-9 Present his Ex'y John Lord J^ovelace Baron of Hurley etc. M^ Van Dai M^ PhiHlps

M"" Wenham IM>' Peartree

Ml" Mompesson M'' Prevost Esq"""

M'' Barberie Upon Reading the Peticon of the Elders and Deacons of tlie Dutch Petbrmed Protestant Chiu'ches of the towns of BrookJaud