. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. he was one of them,and asked if he would contribute one hundred guilders to the enterjjrise. De Vries very (juiekly responded in the attirniati\e; and then theydecided that Jocheui Pietersen Kuyter, who was a good Calvinist, andhad ]3lenty of workmen, would be the most siutable person to procuretimber, aud Jan Jansen Dam, who lived near the fort, should be thefourth one of the consistory to superintend the building. The governorpromised to furnish a few thousand guilders of the companys money,and the rest was to be raised by p
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. he was one of them,and asked if he would contribute one hundred guilders to the enterjjrise. De Vries very (juiekly responded in the attirniati\e; and then theydecided that Jocheui Pietersen Kuyter, who was a good Calvinist, andhad ]3lenty of workmen, would be the most siutable person to procuretimber, aud Jan Jansen Dam, who lived near the fort, should be thefourth one of the consistory to superintend the building. The governorpromised to furnish a few thousand guilders of the companys money,and the rest was to be raised by private subscription. A few days afterward, the daughter of Dominie Btigardus was mar-ried, and, at the wedding party, the governor anil Captain DeVries, thinking it a rare (opportunity to raise the requisite amountof funds, took advantage of the goiid-humor of the guests, and passedround the paper, with their own names heading the list. As each onepresent desired to appear well in the eyes of his neighbor, a handsome May. THE FIRST ENGLISH SECRETARY. 107 May Ins cle of Fort, with Gu sum was contiibuted. In the innrning, some few appealed to the gov-eruor for permission to recousider the matter ; hut his would])eniut no uames to be erased from the jiaper. An arrangement was at once eHected with John and ItichardOgden,^ of Stamford, for the mason-work of a stone church, se\-enty-two feet long, fifty wide, and sixteen high, at one thousand dollarsfor the job, and a gratuity of forty dollars more should the work be satisfactory. The agreement wassigned and sealed on the 20th ofMay. The church was to be lo-cated in the fort, that it might notbe exposed to Indian depreda-tions ; although many objected, onthe ground that the fort was over-crowded already. The walls weresoon up, and the roof covered withoak shingles, which, from exposureto the weather, became blue likeslate. Kieft caused to be erectedin the front wall a marble slalj with this inscription: — Anno Domi
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