. History of the city of New York . vesunt went. Portrait of Hon. Jeremias Van Rensselaer over to hold a personal interview with Scott. Tlie latter, though aman of much boldness, possessed little principle. He had beenan officer in the army of Charles I., but was arrested for cut-ting the girths of some of the Parliamentary horses, and was not onlyfined £500, bvit also banished to New England. Stuyvesant was at-tended by Van Cortlandt, John T.^iwrence, Jacob Backer, and a militaryescort. Scott was surrounded by delegates from some of the English 206 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. towns, amon
. History of the city of New York . vesunt went. Portrait of Hon. Jeremias Van Rensselaer over to hold a personal interview with Scott. Tlie latter, though aman of much boldness, possessed little principle. He had beenan officer in the army of Charles I., but was arrested for cut-ting the girths of some of the Parliamentary horses, and was not onlyfined £500, bvit also banished to New England. Stuyvesant was at-tended by Van Cortlandt, John T.^iwrence, Jacob Backer, and a militaryescort. Scott was surrounded by delegates from some of the English 206 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. towns, among whom were Daniel Denton, John Underhill, and AdamMott. The result was only a conditional arrangement, by which theprincipal English towns on Long Island were to remain under the kingwithout molestation for twelve months, to afford opportunity for settle-ment in Europe. By request of the burgomasters and schepens of New Amsterdam, aLandtdag, or Diet, was called, which assembled in the City HaU ^ on the 10th of April, for the purpose of taking
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