. History of the city of New York . e Sille, his son, married thedaughter of Martin Cregier, and was the ancestor of all of the name ofDe Sille in this country. Mrs. De Sille at her death left the whole ofher estate, real and personal, to her cousin, Jacobus Croegers. Cornelis Van Ruyven was about this time appointed secretary of theprovince, and Van Brugge was employed in the custom-house. All atonce there arose again a great spirit of disaffection among the English onLong Island. How much of it was due to the consummate tact of Cap-tain Underbill we are not prepared to say, but from many of
. History of the city of New York . e Sille, his son, married thedaughter of Martin Cregier, and was the ancestor of all of the name ofDe Sille in this country. Mrs. De Sille at her death left the whole ofher estate, real and personal, to her cousin, Jacobus Croegers. Cornelis Van Ruyven was about this time appointed secretary of theprovince, and Van Brugge was employed in the custom-house. All atonce there arose again a great spirit of disaffection among the English onLong Island. How much of it was due to the consummate tact of Cap-tain Underbill we are not prepared to say, but from many of the towns came the bitterest denunciation of the Dutch authorities ofNew Netherlands. It finally resulted in one of the most important pop-ular meetings ever held in New Amsterdam. The capital itself^^^ ^ was represented by delegates, as also Breuckelen, Flatbush, Flat-lands, Gravesend, Newtown, Flushing, and Hempstead; and the menwho assembled were earnest, thoughtful, liberty-loving citizens. The 77/A DIET IN NHW AMSTKIiDA M. n;7. De Stile s House convention, iiltcr niutual coiisulliition and disciissiun, adopUMl a ien»ou--stranco, wliicli, in courtuous plirasooloj^y, compares wcdl with dociuucntsol fi siiniliir iharactcr at a later day, and which shows ajMrn tliulace ol il- an iiitelli^ent ajijireciation of tlic riglits,as well as a thorough ac([uaintanco with the legiti-mate objects, of civil government. It demanded re-forms and laws such as i)re-vailed in the Netherlands;and Stuyvesant winced un-der the truths which werelaid bare before his weaken its ef-fect, he declared , Flatbush, andFlatlands had no right tojurisdiction, and could notsend delegates to a popular assembly. He talked eloquently, and wiisexhaustive in argument. The delegates prepared a rejoinder, andthreatened to send their protest to the States-General and theWest India Company, if he did not lend a considerate ear. Then nothingseemed to remain but the exercise of his prerogative.
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