It is resolved and concluded, that the petition concerns exclusively the Chamber of Amsterdam with which the said gentleman hath specially contracted; that the Directors of said Chamber in attendance are earnestly requested, as well out of respect for the case as for his Honor, to bring this petition before the Chamber of Amsterdam, and to second and recommend it in the most favorable manner, which, also, they have undertaken to do on the earliest opportunity. Agrees with the Register aforesaid. (Signed) L. van Seventer, 1656.

HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: VIIL 641

Resolution of the States General.

I From tho Register of West India Affairs, 1652 -- 1663, in the Royal Arcliives at the Hague. ]

Thursday, S"" October, 1656. Polio 235. Read at the Meeting, a certain Resolution of the attending Committee of the Directors of the West India Company representing the Assembly of the Nineteen of this day's

Mr. oapeiie. '^^'^6' '" substance that Mr. Van der Capelle to Ryssel's remonstrance presented cnSmlndTriaNew yesterday, to obtain a Commission for a Commander to be sent by him to his Netheriand. people of Statcn Island in New Netherland concerned exclusively the Chamber of Amsterdam, with which that Gentleman had specially contracted, and consequently they the Directors in attendance had earnestly requested said Chamber to bring, out of respect for the case and his Honor's person, the petition before said Chamber of Amsterdam and to recommend itmost favorably which they have undertaken to do at the earliest opportunity. ; Whereupon no resolution is adopted.