Presented to the Assembly, a petition from the Delegates of New Netherland, in ^^^ they received a certain Ne'Sand."' substance purporting that on this day, 12"" April, deposition of William Nobel, late surgeon on board Captain Blaeuw's yacht La Garse, Spaniards in the representing r O that the Spaniards r in the West Indies were ignorant o of the peace r 7 West Indies ignorant which of the peace never that both parties r continued hostilities there;' and, also, that the rpeace had never > ' has

Ne™ &'eTSnd.'° ^ecn proclaimed in New Netherland. And whereas many valuable prizes remain Priietthere. there, the above named Delegates request a decision how they are to be dealt with. Secondly, that the aforesaid deposition states and mentions besides that Petrus Stuyvesant, the present Director, does and disposes of, everything according to his will and Director stuyvesani.

Vice Director Dinck- pleasure, without acknowleding or showing any respect to Lubbert van Dincklage, the Vice Director, who is a Doctor utriusque juris, or to the nine Select men ; yea, dared-to act and actually does proceed in direct opposition to their will, advice and protest, as quite recently demonstrated to their High Mightinesses in the sending of horses to Barbadoes. Whereupon deliberation being had, it is resolved and concluded on the first point, that the Director and Government in New Netherland, shall be jointly written to by a despatch in triplicate, to publish the peace in every part of that district under the jurisdiction of this State, and for this purpose some proclamations with divers copies of the treaty of peace, in both languages, shall be sent thither; and that they shall accordingly have to let