Memorial of Adriaen van der Donck.

[ From ihe MS. In the Boyal Archives at the Hague ; Loketkas of the Slates General ; Division, West IndtMcIie Oompaffiti^ No. 86. ]

To the High and Mighty Lords States General of the United Netherland Provinces. The SLUM General Adriaen Van der DoHck, agentof ° the Commonalty of New Netherland, represents •' "^ of the United Nelh- "po" respectfully, to your High Mightinesses that on reiterated complaints, i<Ieration,

remonstrances and representations to your High Mightinesses in this regard, such capc'neihi K^"', progress has been made that not only a written report has followed, but, with a vicw to maintain better order in that country and in this matter, divers good and Hiirh Mightinesses' previoas deputies, wholcsome resolutions have been adopted by you, High and Mighty, on the 1" 'a°nd"Jrort there™

Ero^&igHii and H"- April, 1650, and on U"" March and 21" April, 1651, so that the entire Generai^"t'he*'iorh Commoualty there, on seeing the written report and aforesaid orders which were ( Parap'hed'f ^' communicated by the Delegates whom you. High and Mighty, permitted to go thither, entertained now very high hopes, and each and every of them promised ''^s'-''ned")"'''°'"°' N.KuTsoe. themselves the enjoyment of the good and long wished for fruits thereof, and to be able to thank your High Mightinesses for them. But with grief, regret and sorrowful eyes must they witness and behold that, to the country's ruin and their own exceeding great damage and derangement, Stuyvesant, Director in New Netherland, and a few French and English Councillors, appointed neither by your High Mightinesses nor by the Hon"" West India Company, but by him, the Director, according to his own pleasure, in opposition to the protest of the other officers known to, appointed by your High Mightinesses and the Hon"« West India Company and possessing jurisdiction with the Director in that country, have so ill-received your High Mightinesses' authority and orders that the said orders not only have been disregarded and passed over, but the direct contrary thereof has been put into practice without any member of the government being at liberty to make an objection thereunto, unless at the risk of being affronted by every means, direct and indirect, and banished, as your High Mightinesses will be fully able to perceive from the annexed protest and following examples.