. History of the city of New York . When you leave, please leave ihis book Because it has been saidEver thing comes ( him who wails Except a loaned book. I. 77/A KMIiASSY TO CONNECTICUT. 203 Isliiiul. 1I(( iu<^c(l llu! iidoplion of inciisuics for LIk; nnluctioii of llioDutch towns. Stuyvesunt sent coiuniissionerfl at once to Connecticut, to enter, ifpossible, into .some boundary aecouunodation. Tlie ^^entleinen chosen forthis mission were Secretary Van Ruyven, Burgomaster Oloff S. VanCortlandt, and Jolm Lawrence. Money was wanted. Indeed, the press-ing necessities of the government induced
. History of the city of New York . When you leave, please leave ihis book Because it has been saidEver thing comes ( him who wails Except a loaned book. I. 77/A KMIiASSY TO CONNECTICUT. 203 Isliiiul. 1I(( iu<^c(l llu! iidoplion of inciisuics for LIk; nnluctioii of llioDutch towns. Stuyvesunt sent coiuniissionerfl at once to Connecticut, to enter, ifpossible, into .some boundary aecouunodation. Tlie ^^entleinen chosen forthis mission were Secretary Van Ruyven, Burgomaster Oloff S. VanCortlandt, and Jolm Lawrence. Money was wanted. Indeed, the press-ing necessities of the government induced the governor to draw uponthe company for four thousand guilders; but no one could l)e found will-ing to cash the draft until he pledged four of the brass guns of tlie fortas security. The connnissioneis went in a small vessel to MilfoYd,and thence on horseback to Hartford. They called upon Win-throp, who was polite, but not counnuuicative. They made known theirerrand to the General Court, which appointed a committee to confer withthem. They stated their case. The committee sheltered themselvesbehind the royal patent, and said they knew of no New Neth
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