. History of the city of New York . northeastcorner of Pearl Street and Coenties Slip, fronting the East Eiver. A short time after this famous old building had been put in T)e Vries was one day dining with the governor, as was hiscustom when he happened to be at the tort, and, in the course of con-versation, the host congratulated himself upon the architecture andworkmanship of the new edifice. De Vries said it Avas, indeed, an ex-cellent thing for travelers, but that the next thing they want-ed was adecent church for the people. In New England, the first thing they did,after build
. History of the city of New York . northeastcorner of Pearl Street and Coenties Slip, fronting the East Eiver. A short time after this famous old building had been put in T)e Vries was one day dining with the governor, as was hiscustom when he happened to be at the tort, and, in the course of con-versation, the host congratulated himself upon the architecture andworkmanship of the new edifice. De Vries said it Avas, indeed, an ex-cellent thing for travelers, but that the next thing they want-ed was adecent church for the people. In New England, the first thing they did,after building some dwellings, was to erect a fine church; and now,when the English passed New Amsterdam, they only saw a meanbarn, in which the Dutch worshiped their Creator. The West IndiaCompany had the credit of being very zealous in protecting the ReformedChurch ^ against Spanish tyranny, and there was no reason why theirsettlements should not be supplied with church edifices. There were 1 Calvinist. 106 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW Stadthuys. materials enough at Laud, — tine oak timber and gcxxl building stone,and lime made from oyster-shells, far better than the lime in Holland. Kieft was interested, and asked who would like to superintend such abuilding ? De Vries told him that no doubt some of the friends of the Reformedreligion could be found who would be only too glad to do so. Kieft, smiling, told De Vries that he suj^posed lie was one of them,and asked if he would contribute one hundred guilders to the enterprise. De Vries very quickly responded in the affirmative; and then theydecided that Jochem Pietersen Ku^^ter, who was a good Calvinist, andhad plenty of workmen, woiild be the most suitable person to jjrocuretimber, and Jan Jansen Dam, Avho lived near the fort, should be thefourth one of the consistory to superintend the building. The goA^ernorpromised to furnish a few thousand guilders of the com]janys money,and the rest was to be raised by private subscription. A
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