Nieuw Nederlant is een seer schoon aengenaem gesont en lustigh lantschap ADRIAN VAN DER DONCK, 1656. For I must needs tell you, if we miscarry it will be our own fault; we WILLIAM PENN, 1679. UNIVERS TY OF CALIFORNIA CONTENTS. Peaceful transfer of New Netherland to English rule Admirable character of Governor Nicolls . Yorkshire, Dukes County, and Cornwall Cartwright sails for England, but lands in Spain Constitutional troubles in New Jersey Lord Berkeley sells out his interest to a party of Quakers Abolition of the distinction between great and small burgh- The first mail on the American continent, monthly between 24 Admiral Evertsen's fleet in the West Indies. Anthony Colve is appointed governor of New Netherland The English towns on Long Island are refractory Ingenious double-dealing of Charles II. The treaty of Westminster restores New York to the Eng- lish. Conflicting grants and claims The duke sends Edmund Andros to govern New York 34, 35 Demand for a representative assembly; the duke's letters 42, 43 Andros's zeal for municipal improvements He organizes a Board of Indian Commissioners Robert Livingston Andros's relations with New England King Philip in the Berkshire mountains The great comet, and how it was regarded in New York They cross the East River and pass through Brooklyn They are entertained at Gowanus by Simon de Hart They are charged a high fare for crossing Spuyten Duyvil They compliment the good beer of Greenwich His Latin supper with the Calvinist and Lutheran parsons Charges of heresy brought against Dominie Van Rensselaer Estates and revenues of New York Andros asserts sovereignty over East Jersey Carteret resists, and Andros deposes him |