. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. ried 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. Cornells 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 cousummate tact of Cap-tain Underbill we are not luviiared to say, but f
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. ried 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. Cornells 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 cousummate tact of Cap-tain Underbill we are not luviiared to say, but from many of the Nov. 26. . towns came the bitterest denunciation of the Dutch authorities of New Netherlands. It finally residted in one of the most imjjortant iiop- idar meetings ever held in New Amsterdam. The capital itself Dec. 10. was represented by delegates, as also Breuckelen, Flatbush, Flat-lands, Gravesend, Newtown, Flushing, and Hempstead; and the menwho assemljled were earnest, thoughtful, lilierty-loving citizens. The THE DIET IX NEW AMSTERDAM. 167. De Silles House. convention, after luutiuil consultation and liiscussimi, adopted a reuion-,strance, which, in courteous i)hraseology, compares well with documents\ similar character at a later day, and which shows upon theface of it an iutelli^eut appreciation of the rights,as well as a thoroiigh ac(£uaiutauce with the legiti-mate objects, of civil government. It demanded re- forms and laws such as pre-vailed in the Netherlaiids;and Stuyvesant winced un-tler the truths which werelaid bare liefore his weaken its ef- Dec. 12 iect, he declared thatIheuckelen, Flatbush, andFlatlauds had no right tojurisdiction, and could notsend delegates to a popular assembly. He talked eli:ic|uently, and \\asexhaustive in armuueut. The delegates preitared a rejoinder, and - Dec. 13. threatened to send their pn/cs/ to the States-General and theWest India Company, if he did not lend a considerate ear. Then iKJthingseemed to remain
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