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40. 19th December 1656. Directors W. I. Co. to Gov. Stuyvesant: 

 "At the request of Baron van der Capellen who now again is 

 sending over some people for the advancement of his bouweries, 

 we have decided to recommend to you especially, that in times of 

 need care be taken and orders issued for the safety of his Honor's 

 people and farmers on Staten Island by assisting them in such 

 occasions with 5 or 6 soldiers." (Col. Doc. 14: 374.) 



41. 1657. 17th April 1657. "van de Capellen sent out fresh col- 

 onists, and endeavored to encourage the former settlers to re- 

 turn to their deserted homes." (Brodhead i : 641.) 



42. loth July 1657. van der Capellen secured a deed of Staten 

 Island from the Indians. (Col. Doc. 14: 393.) 



43. 14th November 1657: "List of the farmers, men, women, and 

 children, male and female servants sent by Yoncker Hendrick 

 van der Capellen toe Ryssel to Staten Island, in New-Nether- 

 land, in West-India since May 1650. And of those who were 

 alive after the dreadful and bloody massacre by the savages in 

 September 1655. 



" Captain Adriaen Post with his wife, five children, one male, 

 and one female servant, is still on the Island" [then follows 

 names of persons all living elsewhere] . " There are altogether 

 62 living souls. This has been reported at Zutphen, on the ^-^~ 

 November 1657, by the wife of Captain Adriaen Post and by the 

 farmer Jan. Aerentsen van Heerde." (Col. Doc. 13 : 74). 



44. 22d December 1657. van der Capellen having requested the 

 Directors of the West India Co. to assist him in getting his people 

 back into his service, the Directors request the Director General 

 and Council to give him every possible assistance. (Col. Doc. 



13:76.) 



45. 22d December 1657. Directors in letter to Stuyvesant object 

 to purchase of Staten Island from Indians by Baron van der 

 Capellen. Stuyvesant is instructed to get a deed to the Directors, 

 and annul the other. (Col. Doc. 13 : 75.) 



46. 1659. 13th February, 1659 Letter from Directors W. I. Co. 

 to Director Stuyvesant. "We uphold what we formerly wrote 

 you about Baron Hendrick van der Capelle, who has bought Staten 

 Island without the knowledge of the Company and calls himself 

 Lord and Patroon of it. Our former order must be executed and 

 the island taken possession of by you in the name of the Com- 

 pany either by virtue of a purchase already made or to be made 

 hereafter. (Col. Doc. 14: 430.) 



