. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. so marked, that, within a week after hisarrival, he had been made town clerk of Al-bany. He acquired great influence over theIndians, and retained the oftice which he re-ceived from Andros for a long series of married, in 1683, Alida, the widow ofRev. Nicolaus Van Rensselaer and daughterof Philip Pietersen Schuyler. He was a man L,v,ngst<,nCoatof Arms, of strongly marked individuality, of original conceptions, of irrepressibleopinions, of obstinate determination, of untiring acquisitiveness, and, forthe age in whic
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. so marked, that, within a week after hisarrival, he had been made town clerk of Al-bany. He acquired great influence over theIndians, and retained the oftice which he re-ceived from Andros for a long series of married, in 1683, Alida, the widow ofRev. Nicolaus Van Rensselaer and daughterof Philip Pietersen Schuyler. He was a man L,v,ngst<,nCoatof Arms, of strongly marked individuality, of original conceptions, of irrepressibleopinions, of obstinate determination, of untiring acquisitiveness, and, forthe age in which he lived, of no mean culture. He was, in short, a manto be remembered on his own account, independent of birth or his birth and connection gave him social position in the OldWorld, and were not without their advantage to him in the New;for, on his frequent visits to England, in after years, the state policyof the colonial government or his own private interests were not in-frequently the better served through his standing in the society, and his. 1676. 276 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. influence with the ruling classes, of the mother country. He was tall,and well developed in figure, with a somewhat cloudy complexion, brownhair, and dark, inscrutable eyes. He was polished in his manners, butcareless of giving pleasure and indifferent to giving pain ; and withal, soicily impertinent at times as never to attain popularity in New York. Hewas of infinite value to the colony, for his energy and activity set inmotion many a wheel which otherwise would have been long in October of the same year, the burning of Hadley, Deerfield, North-field, and Springfield induced Andros to seriously contemplateengaging the Iroquois to go to the aid of New England againstthe murderous Indians within her borders. Connecticut declined theoffer of such assistance, insinuating certain reflections upon the Dutch,and upon the conduct of Andros. The latter replied satirically
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