. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. s. —Dominie Van — Philipse. —Captain Mannino. — Strincent — of Leading Citizens. —Indian War inNew England.—Robert —Andros and the Connecticut Dele-gates. — City Improvements. — Tanneries along Maiden Lane. — StephanusVan Cortlandt. —The celebrated Bolting Act. — Indian and Negro THE two Dutch admirals, Evertseu amassume the respousibility ofgoveruinti their until di-rections should come from the Ha,L;ue. ^Never was the Dutch Eepuliliimore ably repre
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. s. —Dominie Van — Philipse. —Captain Mannino. — Strincent — of Leading Citizens. —Indian War inNew England.—Robert —Andros and the Connecticut Dele-gates. — City Improvements. — Tanneries along Maiden Lane. — StephanusVan Cortlandt. —The celebrated Bolting Act. — Indian and Negro THE two Dutch admirals, Evertseu amassume the respousibility ofgoveruinti their until di-rections should come from the Ha,L;ue. ^Never was the Dutch Eepuliliimore ably represented thau by tlicool, honest, and sagacious AdmiralEvertsen. He was the eldest souof the renowned Admiral CornellsEvertsen, who was killed in a liattlewith the English, in 16G6. He haiwith him in the New York harlmraliout twenty English prizes, whichhe had captured in Virginia and else-where, and a large number of jiris-oners. But it was a delicate matterto select from his inferior officers agovernor ibr New Amsterdam. were oliliged to. Portrait of Evertsen. Captain Anthony Colve was the best fitted among them tor such a 260 UISTOKY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. comiuand. He was accordingly appuiiiteil, liy the admirals, and a com-mission was issued for him similar in phraseology to those issued by thecrown of England. He was a short, stout, dark-complexioned man,abrupt in his manners, coarse in his language, and of a rough, passionatenature, which had not been improved by military service. He possessedundoubted qualifications for rulership, but he was vain, gluttonous, andexcessively given to wine. He put on princely airs, spent moneyextravagantly, and lived ostentatiously. In the latter respect he outdidany of the governors who had preceded him. The admirals determined to keej) their ships in the harbor until thenew government .should be firmly established. They evidently dis-trusted the ability of Colve in many particulars. They sent ibr OloifS. Van Co
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