Resolution of the States-General, ratifying and confirming the agreement and conditions made between the Amsterdam Chamber of the West India Company and the City of Amsterdam, &c, October 4. Memorial of Mr. van de Capelle to the States-General, asking for a commission for some proper person to be sent as commander by him to bis Colonie on Staten Island, in New Netherland 1655. October 30. Extract of a letter from Director Stuyvesant to Mr. van c ! Capelle, informing him of the destruction of his Colonie on Staten Island September 2. Commission issued by the States-General to the command • of the Island of Tobago, <feo 1656. October 4. Resolution of the States-General, referring the foregoing papers to the Directors of the West Indif Company, &c ,

]xx CONTENTS. 1656. Page. October 5. Extract from the proceedings of the XIX of the West India Company 640 October 6. Resolution of the States-General upon the reply of the West India Company thereupon, &c., 641 November 1. Report on garrisoning Fort Casimir on the South river, 641 November 4. Resolution of the Common Council of Amsterdam, on the preceding report, 642 November 8. Estimated expense of sending a colony of 150 persons to the Delaware river 643 November 11. Resolution of the Common Council of Amsterdam, authorizing a loan for the Colonic on the South river , 645 December 5. Commission of Captain Martyn Kryger to command a company at the Colonic on the South river,

belonging to the City of Amsterdam, 646 December 5. Commission of Ale.xander d'Hinojossa to be lieutenant of the same 646