. History of the city of New York . annum towards it, provided Dominie Selyns would preach at hisfarm on Sunday afternoons. He built a small chapel at his own expenseon the site of the ])resent church of St. Mark; and services were held init on the Sabbath during the remainder of his life. An event momentous in its consequences upon the future of the littlecity whose fortunes we are following occurred in the autumn of 1658. Itwas the death of Oliver Cromwell. The reins of power fell quietly intothe hands of his eldest son, Richard. But not for long. The young manAvas as weak as his father was
. History of the city of New York . annum towards it, provided Dominie Selyns would preach at hisfarm on Sunday afternoons. He built a small chapel at his own expenseon the site of the ])resent church of St. Mark; and services were held init on the Sabbath during the remainder of his life. An event momentous in its consequences upon the future of the littlecity whose fortunes we are following occurred in the autumn of 1658. Itwas the death of Oliver Cromwell. The reins of power fell quietly intothe hands of his eldest son, Richard. But not for long. The young manAvas as weak as his father was strong. Within a year, England had dis-posed of him, and was in imminent danger of sinking under the tyrannyof a succession of small men raised up and pulled down by military ca-price. General was opposed to general, and army to army. Finally, therewas one grand union of sects and parties for the old laws of the nationagainst military despotism, and thus the way was paved for the return ofCharles II. to the throne of his Msdal of Oliver Cromwell. 192 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. CHAPTER XII. 1660 RESTORATION. The Restoration. — Charles II. — The Coxneutk l- i Lhartek. —Sir George Downing. — George Baxter and John Scott. — Progress of the City.—The AntiquarianMap. — The Quakers. — Destruction of Esopus. — The Indian War of 1663. —Governor Stuyvesant in Boston.—Thomas Benedict.—The Embassy to Con-necticut. — Startling Condition of Affairs. —John Scott. — Hon. Jeremias VanRensselaer.—The Convention of 1664.—Mrs. Dr. —Planning ofCharles II. and his Ministers. —An Unfriendly Expedition. —New Amsterdamin Danger. — Preparations for a Siege. — Winthrops Interview with Stuyve-sant. — The Letter. — The approaching Storm. — The Crisis. —The Surrender. — New York. — Consequences of the — Stuyvesant at the Hague. —The Stuyvesant Pear-Tree. — The Stuyvksant Family. ON the 8th of May,
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