Extract of a letter from Director Stuyvesant to the West India Company 600 Extract of a letter from Gerrit Bicker, Commandant at Fort Casimier, to Peter Stuyvesant 601 1654. July 27. Extract of a letter of Peter Stuyvesant to the West India Company, dated 27th July, 1054, 601 Depositions of various persons respecting the Swedes on the South River, taken before Secretary van Ruy ven, 1654 602 May 27. Extract of a letter from Governor John Risingh to Director Stuyvesant, 606

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CONTENTS. 1666. September 11. Capitulation and conditions upon which Fort Casimir was sur ndered by Suen Schuts to Director Stuy vesaut, September 25. Capitulation between Risiugh and Stuyvesant at Fort Christina,. 1656. January 28. Resolut 1 of the States-General upon the receipt of the foregoing documents, referring them to a secret committee, &a February 12. Resolution of the Council of the City of Amsterdam, appointing a committee to consider how trade in New Netherland could be promoted, February 22. Letter of the Directors of the Amsterdam Chamber of the West India Company to the States-General, respecting the boundary question in New Netherland February 22. Resolution of the States-General thereupon, to ratify' the articles of agreement made at Hartford on 19th September, 1 65(1, &c. , &e.,

February 22. Ratification of the Treaty of Hartford by the States-General, Letter of a Committee of the West India Company to the Committee of the City of Amsterdam,. . .

Points proposed by the Assembly of the XIX to the States-General, in the year 1654, March 3. Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Amsterdam to purchase a tract of land in New Netherland March 16. Resolution of the Amsterdam Chamber of the West India Company, appointing a committee to arrange with the City of Amsterdam the conditions for planting a Colonic in New Netherland, March 22.