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CATALOGUE 
 
 OF 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS, EXCERPTA, PRINTS 
 
 AND MAPS, 
 
 AVAILABLE AS MATERIAL FOR 
 
 A HISTORY OF 
 THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 
 
 COMPILED BY THE ORDER OF 
 THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY 
 
 The Long Island Historical Society 
 
 1909 
 
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PKEFACE. 
 
 A number of scholarly and influential citizens of Brook- 
 lyn favoring the collection and compilation of material af- 
 fording authentic and authoritative information relating to 
 the past and present history of the place and its inhabitants, 
 brought the project to the consideration of the Board of Di- 
 rectors of the Long Island Historical Society at its meeting 
 held on October 19, 1896. Recognizing the local importance 
 of the proposed undertaking, the board thereupon appointed 
 Tunis G. Bergen, Wilhelmus Mynderse, and John Jay 
 Pierrepont to be a committee to wait upon the Honorable 
 Frederick W. Wurster, the mayor of the city of Brooklyn, 
 and ascertain his views and report them to the board. The 
 committee's consultation with his Honor the Mayor eventu- 
 ated in the enactment by the Legislature of the State of New 
 York of a law authorizing the prosecution of the work. At 
 the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Long Island 
 Historical Society, on May 24, 1897, it was resolved that a 
 committee should be appointed with power to take the direc- 
 tion and superintendence of the collection and compilation of 
 materials available for the publication of a history of the city 
 as contemplated and proposed, and the board delegated Tunis 
 G. Bergen, Wilhelmus Mynderse, John Jay Pierrepont, Al- 
 fred T. White, and James H. Bates to discharge the duties 
 of that committee. 
 
 On June 28, 1897, the Honorable Frederick W. Wurster, 
 
 mayor of the city, empowered the Long Island Historical 
 
 Society to take charge of the work. The committee, in order 
 
 to further as speedily as practicable the compilation of the 
 
 most available and valuable material, determined to have 
 
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4 PREFACE. 
 
 transcripts made of the Dutch and English text of the rec- 
 ords of the early settled towns, namely, those of Midwout 
 (afterward Flatbush), Brooklyn, Amersfoort (afterward 
 Elatlands), Xew Utrecht, Gravesend, and Bushwick. How- 
 ever, before the close of the year 1897, the proposed changes 
 of the form of government of the municipality influenced the 
 committee to discontinue the undertaken work, and there- 
 after, when the administration of the local government should 
 warrant the further prosecution of it, to have it resumed. 
 
 On March 25, 1903, the work of transcribing the Dutch 
 and English text of the extant records of the six towns, first 
 seated on the present territory of Kings County, was again 
 undertaken, and prosecuted until, in July, 1904, when in 
 conjunction with it, the committee decided to enlarge the 
 field of work, and to have material collected and compiled 
 relating to the discovery of the site of the city, the tribal title 
 of the Indians inhabiting it, and other particulars disclos- 
 ing the physical features of its territory, the original names 
 designating them, and subsequent events specializing the 
 information extant in Europe in the sixteenth century re- 
 garding the name by which the site of the city was desig- 
 nated, the explorations enlarging the geographical knowl- 
 edge of the adjacent country, the savages occupying it, and the 
 traffic begun with them by adventurous traders. Still later, 
 attention was given to the collection and compilation of other 
 material for the development of the history of the first settle- 
 ments and their inhabitants under the government of the 
 West-India Company, when Long Island lay within the ter- 
 ritorial extent of Xew Xetherland, and onward, when it and 
 its inhabitants fell under the rule of the English Crown, and 
 finally to the period in which it became a part of the State 
 of Xew York, and its people free and independent citizens 
 of the United States of America. 
 
PREFACE. 5 
 
 The material now collected comprises authentic and au- 
 thoritative information appertaining to the past and present 
 history of the Borough of Brooklyn. It embodies no base- 
 less theories, no specious speculations. The present catalogue 
 discloses by references and notes the quality and quantity of 
 this compiled material which chronologically ranges through 
 four centuries. 
 
 The value of the projected history cannot be overesti- 
 mated in view of the fact that the future growth of the 
 borough and its increased population will have advanced it, 
 even in so short a space of time as a hundred years, to a 
 standard far beyond any conceivable at the present time. 
 
 The delineation of a map, representing the original lines 
 of the first plantations, farms, sites of villages, and building 
 plots, with their metes and bounds, as described in the letters 
 patent and extant deeds, granted and issued under the sanc- 
 tion of the successive directors-general and councils of Xew 
 Netherland, 1636-1674, together with the cartographic out- 
 lines of the traversed roads and Indian paths, extending 
 across the territory now lying within the bounds of the Bor- 
 ough of Brooklyn, has recently been undertaken. Two other 
 maps, one exhibiting some of the subdivisions of the early 
 farms, and a second, drawn to the same scale as the others, 
 representing the lines of the present avenues, streets, and 
 roads within the limits of the Borough of Brooklyn, which, 
 being outlined on vellum, can be superposed upon the others 
 in order to exhibit the situation of the original plantations, 
 farms, sites of the villages, and building plots, will also be 
 delineated hereafter as contemplated by the committee. 
 
 Tunis G. Beegen, 
 
 Chairman of the Committee. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 December 21, 1909. 
 
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THE WOEK AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLA- 
 TURE OP THE STATE. 
 
 Chapter 457. 
 
 An Act to authorize the city of Brooklyn to provide for col- 
 lecting and preserving materials for the history of 
 Brooklyn. Accepted by the city. 
 
 Became a law May 17, 1897, with the approval of the 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Passed, three fifths being present. 
 
 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate 
 and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
 
 Section 1. The Mayor of the city of Brooklyn is author- 
 ized and empowered, in his discretion, to make such pro- 
 vision as to him may seem proper for the collection, copying, 
 translation, and preservation of documents, records and other 
 materials relating to the history of Brooklyn. Eor the pur- 
 pose of carrying out the provisions of this act the sum of 
 thirty thousand dollars may be taken from the revenue fund 
 of said city upon the certification of the said mayor, but 
 no more than six thousand dollars shall be taken or ex- 
 pended for the purposes aforesaid in any one year. The 
 said amounts or any part thereof shall from time to time be 
 paid over to the society, person or persons selected by the 
 said mayor, who may in his discretion designate and au- 
 thorize the Long Island Historical Society of the city of 
 Brooklyn, or such other person or persons to perform such 
 work as he may direct. 
 
 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 
 
 Laws of New York, 120th Session. Vol. 2, pp. 736, 737. 
 
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COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OE THE WORK. 
 
 Members of the Long Island Historical Society appointed 
 to serve on the committee having the direction and super- 
 vision of the work: 
 
 Tunis G. Bergen, 
 
 WlLHELMUS MyNDERSE, 
 
 John Jay Pierrepont, 
 Alfred T. White, 
 James H. Bates, 
 Appointed, May 24, 1897. 
 
 Erank Sherman Benson, 
 (James H. Bates, deceased), 
 Appointed, November 29, 1901. 
 
 Robert D. Benedict, 
 (Wilhelmus Mynderse, deceased), 
 William G. Low, 
 (John Jay Pierrepont, resigned), 
 Appointed, November 19, 1906. 
 
 John E. Leech, The Rev. Reese E. Alsop, 
 
 (Erank Sherman Benson, D.D., 
 
 deceased), (Robert D. Benedict, re- 
 
 Appointed May 13, 1907. signed), 
 
 Appointed May 25, 1908. 
 
 Members of the present committee: 
 
 Tunis G. Bergen, chairman, 
 Alfred T. White, 
 William G. Low, 
 John E. Leech, 
 
 The Rev. Reese E. Alsop, D.D. 
 
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THE MATEKIAL AND SCOPE OF THE PRO- 
 JECTED HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH 
 OF BROOKLYN. 
 
 The collection and compilation of material, as planned and 
 undertaken, to include the transcription of such manuscripts 
 and records as well as such excerpta, copies of maps, pic- 
 tures of buildings and localities, portraits, and data as 
 shall contribute authentic and important information relat- 
 ing to the past and present history of the place and its in- 
 habitants. 
 
 The range of the subject-matter of this history to extend 
 from the year 1523, when a number of ships were fitted out 
 in several ports of France to search westward of Europe for 
 a navigable passage to India, followed by the sailing of 
 one of them, in 1524, on the voyage that led to the discovery 
 of the site of the Borough of Brooklyn ; and to continue 
 through the sixteenth century onward to the present time. 
 The geographical name that designated, in 1527, the stretch 
 of land on the east side of the Narrows, now the site of 
 the Borough of Brooklyn, establishes the fact that no other 
 city on the Atlantic coast of the United States of America 
 has the historical distinction of having its site so definitely 
 delineated at so early a date. 
 
 The chronological disposition of the material under titled 
 
 periods and its preservation in tin cases distinguished by 
 
 consecutive numbers, and the orderly arrangement of the 
 
 cases in five strongly made and safely locked wooden chests, 
 
 manifest the care taken to prevent theft and to render the 
 
 material available for publication. The manuscripts and 
 
 excerpta contained in the tin cases embodying information 
 
 relating to the past and present history of the site of the 
 
 Borough of Brooklyn and its inhabitants now range from 
 
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10 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 the year 1523 to the year 1851, and are classified under 
 specific headings, severally titled: the Aboriginal period, 
 the French period, the Dutch periods, the English periods, 
 the Revolutionary period, etc., etc. 
 
 The text of some of the manuscripts, other than English, 
 embraces transcriptions and translations of six languages: 
 Icelandic, Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch. 
 
UNWARRANTED CLAIMS OF PRIORITY IN THE 
 DISCOVERY OF LONG ISLAND. 
 
 First Manuscript. 
 
 A brief review of the misrepresented extent of the early 
 
 voyages of the Northmen; 
 
 and 
 
 a short exposition of the groundless allegations of 
 
 Sebastian Cabot. 
 
 Case 1. Folios J/.5. 
 
 Inasmuch as the material disclosing the date of the dis- 
 covery of Long Island may be regarded as invalidated by 
 the claim that certain Norsemen in the Middle Ages dis- 
 covered and explored the Atlantic coast of North America 
 as far south as Narragansett Bay, conducive of the belief 
 that the adventurous Scandinavians sailed within sight of 
 the island, a brief review of the Icelandic traditions relating 
 to the finding of the region denominated Vinland will serve 
 introductorily to show that no legitimate evidence can be 
 adduced from the phraseology of the invaluable Sagas to 
 warrant the publication of the claim. 
 
 The allegations on which is based the claim that John 
 Cabot and his son Sebastian were the discoverers of land 
 south of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1497, and that Sebas- 
 tian Cabot sailed either in 1498 or in 1499, south of the 
 latitude of Long Island, inspecting the coast of North Amer- 
 ica trending thither, are given pertinent consideration in a 
 short exposition, following the brief review of the field of 
 the early voyages of the Northmen. 
 
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THE ABORIGINAL PERIOD. 
 
 Second Manuscript. 
 
 The Duck Tribe of Indians. 
 
 Case 1. Folios S. 
 
 As no authentic information is extant regarding the space 
 of time in which the Indians found occupying, in 1524, the 
 western part of Long Island had held possession of it, the 
 history of the aboriginal people titled the Duck tribe justly 
 begins with the discovery of it, and extends to an indefinite 
 date in the following century. When the earliest known ship 
 that ever rode at anchor in the Lower Bay of New York, 
 was first seen there by many members of the tribe, they 
 joyously acclaimed their interest in watching the inquisitive 
 discoverer and a part of the crew embark in a boat and pass 
 through the Narrows and into the Upper Bay, where other 
 members of the tribe put out in canoes to greet the unknown 
 explorers, who, having made a short circuit of that expansive 
 body of water and a hasty survey of the attractive features 
 of the surrounding scenery, hurriedly returned to the ship 
 and continued the northward voyage. Later French explor- 
 ers and fur traders became familiarly acquainted with the 
 friendly natives. The stretches of ground cultivated by them, 
 and the different channels of water diversifying that part 
 of the island were given descriptive names, which, in cor- 
 rupted forms, still attest their origin. In 1636 and later, 
 the names of the chiefs and representatives of the tribe con- 
 veying to the acquisitive settlers of New Netherland certain 
 portions of their territorial possessions, are found engrossed 
 in letters patent given to the purchasers. 
 
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THE FREXCH PERIOD. 
 
 As the voyage undertaken in 1524 gave France, by right 
 of discovery, possession of a long stretch of the territory of 
 North America bordering on the Atlantic Ocean between 
 Cape Fear and Cape Breton Island, this acquired domain 
 had historical and geographical* distinction until the early 
 part of the seventeenth century, when evidences of the usur- 
 pation of it by other European powers became apparent. 
 
 Third Manuscript. 
 
 Sketch of the life and voyages of discovery of the Floren- 
 tine navigator, Janus Verrazanus. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 10. 
 
 It is undeniably established that Janus Verrazanus, his- 
 torically distinguished under the title of the Florentine navi- 
 gator, made three voyages to America ; the first in 1508, the 
 second in 1524, and the third in 1526. To him must be 
 ascribed the discovery of the site of the Borough of Brooklyn, 
 when, in 1524, he sailed along the Atlantic coast of North 
 America in a fruitless attempt to find a navigable channel 
 or strait leading to the Indian Ocean. His experience as 
 a skilled and intelligent navigator was not only acquired on 
 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, but on others, chiefly on 
 the Mediterranean Sea. A number of his ancestors held dif- 
 ferent offices of honor and trust, and were men of consider- 
 able wealth, represented both by money and property. He 
 
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14 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 was born in Florence about the year 1481, and was probably 
 forty-six years old when he met his death, in 1527, at the 
 hand of a body of savages, while ashore in America exploring 
 a region of discovered country. More definite particulars 
 respecting the fields of his notable voyages and the interest- 
 ing incidents of his remarkable life are disclosed in the 
 thirteen manuscripts hereafter catalogued by their several 
 titles. 
 
 Fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Fields of discovery of the French in North America be- 
 tween the years 1504 and 1527. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 5. 
 
 Fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Discovery of the St. Lawrence River, in 1508, by Thomas 
 
 Aubert and Janus Verrazanus. 
 
 Case 1. Folios $. 
 
 Sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Demanded embargo by Portugal of the ships of Verra- 
 zanus in the port of Rouen, in the spring of 1523. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 12. 
 
 Seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Janus Verrazanus describes the incidents of his second 
 
 voyage to North America. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 58. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 15 
 
 Eighth Manuscript. 
 
 An abridged copy of Janus Verrazanus' letter by Gio- 
 vanni Battista Ramusio. 
 
 Case 1. Folios J/-7. 
 
 Ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Bernardo Carli's letter informing his father of Verra- 
 zanus' return from his voyage in 1524. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 9. 
 
 Tenth Manuscript. 
 
 Declaration of Zanobus de Rousselay, representing the in- 
 terests of Verrazanus, at Rouen, September 30, 1525. 
 
 Case 1. Folios Jf. 
 
 Eleventh Manuscript. 
 
 Agreement of Philippe Ohabot, Jean Ango, Janus Verra- 
 zanus, and other associates to further a voyage to the Indies. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 9. 
 
 Twelfth Manuscript. 
 
 Power of attorney given by Janus Verrazanus to his 
 brother Hieronymus and Zanobus de Rousselay. 
 
 Case i. Folios 3. 
 
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 Thirteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Power of attorney given by Janus Verrazanus to Adam 
 GodefTroy. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 5. 
 
 Fourteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Death of Janus Verrazanus described by Giovanni Bat- 
 tista Ramusio. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 7. 
 
 Fifteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation of Janus Verrazanus' three voyages to North 
 America, severally in 1508, 1524, and 1526. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 8. 
 
 Sixteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Misstatements of Andres Gonzales de Barcia respecting 
 
 Janus Verrazanus. 
 
 Case 1. Folios IS. 
 
 Seventeenth Manuscript. 
 
 Geographical description of New France, first called 
 
 Francesca. 
 
 Case 1. Folios 5. 
 
 Eighteenth Manuscript. 
 Francesca discovered by Janus Verrazanus. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 3. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 17 
 
 Nineteenth Manuscript. 
 
 The cape, river, town, and people of u Norombegue," in 
 
 1545. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 7. 
 
 Twentieth Manuscript. 
 
 The Great Kiver, called by the French " Norombegue," 
 and by the natives Aggoncy. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 3. 
 
THE DUTCH PERIODS. 
 
 The preliminary steps taken by certain wealthy capitalists 
 in the United Netherlands to occupy a part of New France 
 and to engage in profitable projects advantageous to them- 
 selves, speedily led to the proclamation by the Lords States 
 General of the United Netherlands, on June 3, 1621, of a 
 grant of a charter to the West-India Company, followed by 
 amplifications of it in 1622 and 1623. In the spring of 
 1624 this incorporated body took possession of an extensive 
 stretch of territory hereafter described, which was denom- 
 inated New Netherland. The events immediately preceding 
 and following the occupation and settlement of it under the 
 government of the West-India Company are succinctly nar- 
 rated in the manuscripts hereafter titled and consecutively 
 numbered. 
 
 Twenty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Agreement of the Directors of the Amsterdam chamber of 
 
 the East-India Company and Henry Hudson, on January 
 
 8, 1609. 
 
 Case 2. Folios lJf. 
 
 Twenty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Robert Juet's journal of Henry Hudson's third voyage, 
 
 begun March 25, 1609. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 9£. 
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EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 19 
 
 Twenty-third Manuscript. 
 
 The exploration of the Great River, in 1609, suggested to 
 Henry Hudson by Captain John Smith. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 15. 
 
 Twenty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Joannes de Laet's account of Henry Hudson's voyage in 
 
 1609. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 7. 
 
 Twenty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Charter of the West-India Company granted June 3, 1621. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 57. 
 
 Second part of the twenty-fifth manuscript : Amplification 
 of the charter of the West-India Company, June 10, 1622. 
 
 Case 2. Folios IS. 
 
 Third part of the twenty-fifth manuscript: Amplification 
 of the charter of the West-India Company, February 13, 
 1623. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 7. 
 
 Fourth part of the twenty-fifth manuscript: Agreement 
 between the directors and the chief participants of the West- 
 India Company, June 21, 1623. 
 
 Case 2. Folios 19. 
 
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 Twenty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 The great North River of New Netherland, early known 
 
 as the Great River. 
 
 Case 3. Folios 7. 
 
 Twenty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Geographical description of the coast of New Netherland, 
 
 in 1625. 
 
 Case 3. Folios 7. 
 
 Twenty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Purchase of the island Manhates from the Wilden, in 
 1626. 
 
 Case 3. Folios 5. 
 
 Twenty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 The Rev. Jonas Michaelius's letter to the Hon. Joannes 
 Foreest, from the island of Manhates, August 8, 1628. 
 
 Case 3. Folios 27. 
 
 Thirtieth Manuscript. 
 
 The Rev. Jonas Michaelius's letter to the Rev. Adriaan 
 Jorisson Smout, from the island of the Manhates, August 
 11, 1628. 
 
 Case 3. Folios 37. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 21 
 
 Thirty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Historical account of the most memorable events happen- 
 ing in New Netherland between the years 1623 and 1630. 
 
 Case 3. Folios 113. 
 
 Thirty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Freedoms and Exemptions for the patroons, masters, or 
 private persons who will plant any colonies in and send cattle 
 to New Netherland, drawn up for the benefit of the General 
 West-India Company, in New Netherland, and for the profit 
 of the patroons, masters, and private persons; June 7, 1629. 
 
 Case 3. Folios 31. 
 
 Thirty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Derivation and signification of the names originally desig- 
 nating Long Island, the site of the Borough of Brooklyn, 
 its physical features, and aboriginal inhabitants. 
 
 Case If. Folios 85. 
 
EAELY LAND GKANTS AND DEEDS. 
 
 The names early bestowed upon the different tracts of 
 land, bays, and streams diversifying the scenery of the stretch 
 of territory now the site of the Borough of Brooklyn, as well 
 as the geographical title descriptive of the physical features 
 of Long Island that are presented under corrupted forms 
 in letters-patent and deeds issued and given to the first set- 
 tlers as confirmed and sanctioned by the governors-general 
 and councils of New Netherland, are severally presented in 
 the copies of these land grants and conveyances hereafter 
 titled. The value of these land papers and deeds are indis- 
 putably beyond estimation, for they validly establish the sit- 
 uation and bounds of the first plantations and farms that 
 were seated on the area of land now denominated Kings 
 County. The delineation of the map that has been begun 
 under the direction and supervision of the committee will 
 cartographically exhibit the outlines of the different tracts 
 of land possessed by the Dutch and English settlers dwelling 
 in this part of New Netherland. 
 
 Thirty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jacobus van Corler of the middlemost of 
 the three flats named Castuteeuw, June 16, 1636. 
 
 Case k- Folios 7, and typewritten duplicate. 
 
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EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 23 
 
 Thirty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Andries Hudden and Wolphert Gerritsen 
 
 of the westernmost of the three flats named Keskateuw, July 
 
 16, 1636. 
 
 Case 4- Folios 7 , and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Thirty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Wouter van Twiller of the easternmost 
 of the three flats named Castetuew, July 16, 1636. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 7 ', and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Thirty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Wouter van Twiller of Nut Island, called 
 Pagganch, June 16, 1637. 
 
 Case J/-. Folios 7, and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Thirty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to George Rapalje of a piece of land called 
 Rinnegachkonck, June 16, 1637. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 7 , and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Thirty-ninth Mx\nuscript. 
 
 Renunciation by Jacobus van Corler of his title and claim 
 to the flat to the west of the easternmost of the three flats 
 called Cashuteije, to Wouter van Twiller, July 22, 1638. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios J/.. 
 
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 Fortieth Manuscript. 
 
 Renunciation by Andries Hudden of his claim and half 
 share in AcMervelt, thereby transferring the same to Gerrit 
 Wolphertsz, July 26, 1638. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 4- 
 
 Forty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to the Directors of the West-India Com- 
 pany of a piece of land stretching from Rinnegachonck to 
 Mespaechtes, August 1, 1638. 
 
 Case If. Folios 7, and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Forty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Sale of a plantation at Gouwanes by Tomas Bescher to 
 Cornells Lambertsen Cool, May 17, 1639. 
 
 Case 4- Folios 5, and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Forty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Particulars of the renunciation by Andries Hudden of his 
 claim and half share pertaining to the farm called AcMer- 
 velt jointly belonging to him and Wolphert Gerritsen, Au- 
 gust 2, 1639. 
 
 Case 4. Folios J>. 
 
 Forty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Tomas Bescher of a piece of land on Long 
 Island, hard by Saphorakan, November 28, 1639. 
 
 Case k. Folios 5, and typewritten duplicate. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 25 
 
 Forty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Keijer Lambertsz of land on the bend of 
 Marechfcawich, March 23, 1640. 
 
 Case J+. Folios 5, and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Forty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Frerick Lubbertsen of land on Long 
 Island, near Merechkawihingli, May 27, 1640. 
 
 Case Jf.. Folios 5, and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Forty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Abraham Rijken of land on Long Island, 
 opposite Rinnegaconchy August 8, 1640. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 5, and typewritten duplicate. 
 
 Forty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Pieter Montfort of a piece of land lying 
 on Long Island, May 29, 1641. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 5. 
 
 Forty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jan Montfoort of land on Long Island, 
 near Renegalconc, May 29, 1641. 
 
 Case J+. Folios 5. 
 
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 Fiftieth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Lambert Huijbertsen Mol of land on Long 
 Island, near the channel of Rinnegaconclc, September 7, 
 1641. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 5. 
 
 Fifty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Cornells Lambersen Cool of a piece of 
 land on Long Island, called Gouwanes, April 5, 1642. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 6. 
 
 Fifty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Claes Cornelisen van Schouw of land on 
 Long Island opposite the island Manhatans, November 14, 
 1642. 
 
 Case .£• Folios 5. 
 
 Fifty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Terms of an agreement made by Cornells Dircksz Hooch- 
 landt and Willem Tomassen regarding the sale of a house 
 and garden, and land adjacent, and the ferry, January 24, 
 
 1643. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios J+. 
 
 Fifty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Antony Jansen van Salee of land opposite 
 Conijen (Coney) Island, May 27, 1643. 
 
 Case Jf-. Folios 6. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 27 
 
 Fifty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Pieter Ceser of land on Long Island, in 
 the bend of Merechkawick, June 17, 1643. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 7. 
 
 Fifty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Wouter van Twiller of land on Long 
 Island, called Roode Hoec (Bed Hook), June 22, 1643. 
 
 Case J/-. Folios 5. 
 
 Fifty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jacob Wolphertsen of a piece of land ly- 
 ing on Long Island, July 6, 1643. 
 
 Case Jf. Folios 5. 
 
 Fifty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to George Bacxter of a piece of land lying 
 on Long Island, July 6, 1643. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Fifty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Pieter Montfoort of a parcel of land for 
 
 a tobacco plantation on Long Island, on the bay of Meyrech- 
 
 kawick, August 17, 1643. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
28 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 Sixtieth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Gysbert op Dyck of the whole of Conijen 
 (Coney) Islant, May 24, 1644. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Sixty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jan Evertsz Bout of a piece of land lying 
 
 on Marechkawick, July 6, 1645. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Sixty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Henrij Breser of a piece of land lying 
 on the East River, Long Island, September 4, 1645. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Sixty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Claes Carsten of land on Long Island, 
 beginning at the Halve HoecJc (Half Cape), September 5, 
 
 1645. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Sixty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to the Directors of the West-India Company 
 
 of land lying between Kijnen (Cows') Island and Weywit- 
 
 sprittner, September 10, 1645. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 29 
 
 Sixty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Andries Hudden of a piece of land on 
 Long Island, obliquely opposite the Fort, September 12, 
 
 1645. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Sixty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Claes Jansen van Naerden of a piece of 
 land, opposite the Fort, September 30, 1645. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Sixty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Robbert Pinoijer of a piece of land on 
 
 Long Island, between the land of Antony Jansz and Mylady 
 
 Moedij, November 29, 1645. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Sixty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Cornells Dircksz, ferryman, of a piece of 
 land on Long Island, December 12, 1645. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Sixty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Pieter Cornelisz, carpenter, of a piece of 
 land lying on Marechkaivick, February 8, 1646. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
30 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 Seventieth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to "Willem Cornesze (or Cornelisen) of a 
 piece of land on Long Island, in the bend of MarechkawicJc, 
 February 19, 1646. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Seventy-first Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Huijch Aertsz van Rosum of a piece of 
 land lying on MarecliJcaivick, February 22, 1646. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Seventy-second Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Joris Dircksz of a piece of land lying on 
 
 Maveclrikawick, March 23, 1646. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Seventy-third Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Captain Jan Onderhil of a small island 
 formerly called Meutelaers Island, May 14, 1646. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Seventy-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to George Bacxter and Ritchert Clof, and 
 their associated company of certain land on the south side 
 of Long Island, named Canarise, January 21, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 31 
 
 Seventy-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Gerrit Wolphersz of a piece of land lying 
 
 on Reclikeweck in the valley of the Gouivanisse channel, 
 
 March 11, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Seventy-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Cornells van Tienhoven of a piece of land 
 
 in the parcelling out of Breukelen, formerly named Marech- 
 
 Jcawick, March 15, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Seventy-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jan Pietersz of a piece of land on Long 
 
 Island, March 29, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Seventy-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Hans Hansz of a piece of land on Long 
 Island, stretching to the channel of Mespachtes, March 30, 
 
 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
 Seventy-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jan Haes, having married the widow of 
 Za. Eduwaert Fiscock, of a piece of land lying at the West 
 angle of RechlcewicJc, on the East Kiver, April 2, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 5. 
 
32 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 Eightieth Manuscript. 
 
 Memoranda. Pieter Montfoort, in addition to the land 
 heretofore described, received [a piece of land] 220 rods 
 long, in line with and of the same width as the first piece, 
 on condition that it should not interfere with any plantation 
 in Breuckelen, May 1, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folio 1. 
 
 Eighty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jan Montfoortt of a piece of land, bor- 
 dering on the bay of Merechkawich, May 1, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 4> 
 
 Eighty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Memoranda. There was further granted to the widow of 
 
 Jan Montfoort, in the rear of the aforesaid land, a piece of 
 
 land extending in length 190 rods in the same direction as 
 
 the aforesaid land, and of the same width, on condition that 
 
 the same should not tend to the prejudice of any of the 
 
 neighbors, May 1, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folio 1. 
 
 Eighty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jan Eorbus of a piece of land lying on the 
 creek of Dirck, the Norman, May 15, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 2. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 33 
 
 Eighty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Sale of a parcel of land, at the north end of the flat of 
 
 Amersvoort, by Wolphert Gerritsz to Teunes Cornelissen, 
 
 July 3, 1647. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 1+. 
 
 Eighty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Agreement between Herrij Breser and S r Cornells d'Pot- 
 ter for the purchase of certain lands on the East River, Aug- 
 ust 29, 1651. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 6. 
 
 Eighty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Agreement between Remmert Jansen, on the one side, and 
 Barent Jansen Bal and Hendrick Dircksen, on the other side, 
 regarding the lease of a certain farm on the south side of 
 the farm of Hans Hansen, called Rennegackonck, August 31, 
 1651. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Eighty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Contract for the sale of a parcel of land on Long Island, 
 and a certain house in Breuckelen to S r Cornells de Potter 
 by Cornells Dirricksen, January 4, 1652. 
 
 Case o. Folios 6. 
 
34 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 Eighty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Agreement between Cornells Dirricksen, ferryman, on the 
 one side and Sir Cornelis de Potter on the other, for the pur- 
 chase of a certain parcel of land, at the ferry, January 4, 
 1652. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Eighty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Agreement between Cornelis Dirricksen, ferryman, on the 
 one side and Sir Cornelis de Potter, on the other, for the 
 purchase of a certain parcel of land, January 4, 1652. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 7. 
 
 Ninetieth Manuscript. 
 
 Agreement between Pieter Linde, on the one side, and 
 Barent Janssen, on the other for the purchase of a certain 
 parcel of land, between the lands of Andries Hudden and 
 Claes Janssen Ruijtter, January 29, 1652. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 6. 
 
 Ninety-first Manuscript. 
 
 Sale of a parcel of land on the East River, by Jacob Leen- 
 dersz by power of attorney from his father-in-law, Frederick 
 Lubbertsen, to Jan Hendricksen Stelman, March 7, 1652. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 6. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 35 
 
 NlNETY-SECOND MANUSCRIPT. 
 
 Confirmation of the sale of a piece of land, on the west 
 side of the road leading to Flatbush, by Gerrit Bicker to 
 Eduardt Griffins, granted to the said Gerrit Bicker, on the 
 25th of February, 1653, by the Director-General and Coun- 
 cil of New Netherland, and confirmed February 28, 1653. 
 
 Case 5. Folios £. 
 
 Ninety-third Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation of the sale of a piece of land in Middewout 
 on the west side of the road to Flatbush, by virtue of a deed 
 given the grantor, by Gerrit Bijcker, by the grantor Eduart 
 Griffin to Bartel Lott, July 28, 1653. 
 
 Case 5. Folios J+. 
 
 Ninety-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Arent van Hattem of a certain parcel of 
 land lying in the village of Midwout, on the east side of the 
 highway, June 4, 1654. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 3. 
 
 Ninety-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Egbert van Borsum of a plot of ground 
 on Long Island, lying at the ferry, August 28, 1654. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 3. 
 
36 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 Ninety-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Deed conveying a piece of land in Flatbush, otherwise 
 
 called Midwout, together with a house and barn thereon, 
 
 from Dirck Jansz to Cornelis van Ruijven, November 24, 
 
 1654. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 6. 
 
 Ninety-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation of the sale by Cornelis van Tienhoven to Jan 
 Cornelisz Damen of a certain parcel of land with the house 
 standing thereon in the village of Brueckelen, between Joris 
 Dercksen and black Hans, April 29, 1655. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 6. 
 
 Ninety-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to I j sack Foreest of a parcel of land in the 
 village of Midwout, December 1, 1655. 
 
 Case 5. Folios S. 
 
 Ninety-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Nicasius de Sille of a parcel of land on 
 Long Island, in Mespat, beginning at the bounds of Frans- 
 coijs Doutheij's land on the kill, extending west southwest- 
 erly along the land of Hans Hansen, March 27, 1656. 
 
 Case 5. Folios Jf. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 37 
 
 One Hundredth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jochem Garritsen Cock of a plot of 
 ground in the village of Breuckelen, May 27, 1656. 
 
 Case 5. Folios S. 
 
 One Hundred and First Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Cornells Theunissen of a piece of land in 
 
 Amesfoort, beginning at the palisade fence of Pieter Clasz 
 
 and extending west southwesterly to the wagon road or the 
 
 Stroom Kil, June 1, 1657. 
 
 Case 5. Folios J/.. 
 
 One Hundred and Second Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Hans Jongh and Daniel Stiger of a lot 
 near the ferry, August 25, 1657. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 2. 
 
 One Hundred and Third Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to the heirs of Bruijn Barentsen of a plot of 
 ground in the village of Breuckelen, October 4, 1658. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 3. 
 
 One Hundred and Fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Gustavus Danielis of a lot in the village 
 of Midwout, April 21, 1659. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 2. 
 
38 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 One Hundred and Fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Cornells van Nes of a piece of land, near 
 the village of Amesfoort, May 23, 1659. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 2. 
 
 One Hundred and Sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jan Martensen of a parcel of land, near 
 the village of Amesfoort, August 20, 1660. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 3. 
 
 One Hundred and Seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Roeloff Marsensen of a parcel of land 
 near the village of Amesfoort, January 29, 1661. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 2. 
 
 One Hundred and Eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Elbert Elbertsz of a parcel of land, within 
 
 the jurisdiction of Amesfoort, on Baes Jeuriaens' Hook, 
 
 June 14, 1661. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 2. 
 
 One Hundred and Ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Gerrit Snediger of a parcel of land in the 
 village of Middewout, on the west side of the road to the 
 north of the church, January 24, 1664. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 6. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 39 
 
 One Hundred and Tenth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Claes Claesen of a parcel of land in the 
 village of New Utrecht, January 29, 1664. 
 
 Case 5. Folios ^. 
 
 One Hundred and Eleventh Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Cornelis van Ruijven of a parcel of land 
 in the village of Midwout, February 26, 1664. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 4. 
 
 One Hundred and Twelfth Manuscript. 
 
 Confirmation to Jan Marti jn of a plot of ground, on Long 
 Island, at the ferry, October 19, 1664. 
 
 Case 5. Folios 2. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Deposition of Zeuw Kamingh known as Kaus Hansen, 
 and Keurom, both Indians regarding the limits of the land 
 of Paulus Vanderbeeck, which, previous to the present time 
 was sold by a certain Indian known as Chief or Sachem Ka, 
 to Jacques Bentijn and William Ariensen (Bennett), the 
 latter having been the husband of Maria Thomas, now the 
 wife of Paulus Vanderbeeck, April 4, 1667 (English style). 
 
 Case 5. Folios 2. 
 
BROOKLYN. 
 
 The origin of the name of Brooklyn that titled the site of 
 the town, together with the chirographic forms of the early 
 designations that gave geographic distinction to the physical 
 features of its territory. 
 
 From information contributed by the letters-patent and 
 the deeds titled in the preceding list, it is evident, that al- 
 though the tracts of land lying within limits of the present 
 territory of the Borough of Brooklyn were granted and con- 
 firmed, in 1636, by Wouter van T wilier the resident director- 
 general of the West-India Company and the Council of New 
 Netherland, not one of them was settled upon that year. 
 The tract, which Joris or George Rapalje bought of the In- 
 dian owners, for a certain quantity of merchandise, as dis- 
 closed by the instrument of confirmation of June 16, 1637, 
 was probably the first which was occupied and cultivated. It 
 was called " Rinnegackonck" and bordered upon the East 
 River, and stretched eastward from the bend of the shore 
 where now is the United States Navy-yard, and terminated 
 southward in the woods limiting it in that direction. 
 
 The next tracts of land that were occupied and farmed 
 lay westward of it, and extended along the East River beyond 
 the different channels of water bearing the name of " Gou- 
 wanes " and other corrupted forms of the original title. 
 
 The first settlers of the western end of Long Island were 
 not exclusively people from the United Netherlands, but had 
 severally been inhabitants of Iceland, Greenland, Norway, 
 Sweden, Denmark, Flanders, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, 
 
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EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 41 
 
 England, Scotland, and Ireland as designated in the extant 
 land papers and conveyances of the Dutch period. . No 
 early settled part of North America, embracing so small an 
 area of territory as that of the site of the Borough of Brook- 
 lyn, had within it people of so many distinct nationalities in 
 so short a range of time as seven and thirty years. 
 
 Of the six towns founded before the year 1661 : Breucke- 
 len, Midwout, Amersfoort, New Utrecht, Gravesend, and 
 Boswijck, the first mentioned has the precedence of having 
 been the first to attract settlers. The most prominent of the 
 physical features of the original territory of the town of 
 Breuckelen bordering upon the East River were early desig- 
 nated under the strange names of " Gouwanes" " Marech- 
 kawick" " Rinnegackonch" and " Mespaechtes." 
 
 The present geographical title of Brooklyn is historically 
 derived from a village seated on the left bank of the Vecht, 
 in the province of Utrecht, Holland. It was anciently 
 known under variously spelled names as Bracola, Broiclede, 
 Broclede, Broklede, Broeclandia, Broeklandia, and Broek- 
 lande. The name Breukelen, now distinguishing the village 
 in the province of Utrecht, as said by an authoritative philol- 
 ogist, should be Broekede, as it was in 838. 
 
 Records of the Town of Breuckelen. 
 
 It is probable that the town of Breuckelen was founded a 
 number of years before the town of Midwout, possibly in 
 the latter part of the fourth decade of the seventeenth cen- 
 tury during the administration of the government of New 
 Netherland by Director-general Willem Kieft. As there is 
 no information extant regarding the text of the letters-patent 
 setting forth the particulars contained in the instrument of 
 institution, nevertheless certain land grants and deeds exist 
 
42 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 on which to ground inferences respecting the relative date 
 of the founding of the town. 
 
 Tradition relates that the original records that were in 
 the custody of one of the inhabitants of the town at the be- 
 ginning of the War of the Revolution, who, having remained 
 an adherent of the English Crown, when quitting the town, 
 took with him the books containing them. It is further re- 
 lated that the records were carried by him to England. Re- 
 garding them as of great value to the inhabitants of the 
 town, the persons having later possession of the records, 
 brought them back to Xew York in the early part of the last 
 century and offered them for sale. Finding no purchaser, 
 they returned to England with the records. Later attempts 
 to ascertain the names of the individuals knowing the place 
 of the deposit of the records were fruitless, and subsequently, 
 it seems, no persistent quest for them was undertaken. 
 
MIDWOUT. 
 
 The division of the territory, now embraced in the site 
 of the Borough of Brooklyn, into districts, began by the in- 
 stitution of a second town southeastward of the town of 
 Breuckelen. The physical features of its area naturally dif- 
 ferentiated its landscape from that of the first erected town. 
 It was a region of woods and bushes, which fact and that 
 of the general flatness of its surface, it was descriptively 
 denominated " Vlacte bos." 
 
 Although the town lay within the limits of the tract of 
 land acquired in 1636 by Jacobus van Corler, being the 
 middlemost of the three flats named " Castuteeuw" the 
 import of the name given the town " Midwout " (Midwood), 
 would evidently afford ground for the inference that it was 
 so called from a stretch of woodland originally diversifying 
 a part of the landscape of the region. But as the names, 
 Breuckelen, Amersfoort, and New Utrecht were derived 
 from places in Holland, as were many of the names of towns 
 in New England from towns in England, the title of the 
 second town on the western end of Long Island, is traceable 
 to the village of Midwolde, also written Mitwold, and an- 
 ciently Midwalda, in the province of Groningen, in Holland. 
 
 Records of the Town of Midwout. 
 
 The extant records of the town of Midwout comprise in- 
 formation relating to its history from the year 1651, when a 
 number of settlers began seating themselves on several plan- 
 tations and farms lying within its limits. 
 
 In 1652, Director-general Petrus Stuyvesant constituted 
 
 it a town under the title of Middelwout. The different 
 
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44 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 books containing its records can be said to be in good con- 
 dition although the outer margins of some of the opening 
 pages of the first book are partly frayed and finger-worn ; the 
 paper being thin and weak in texture. The paper yellowed 
 by age still retains the legible outlines of the peculiar chir- 
 ography of the clerks of the seventeenth century. The 
 strange flourishes and curiously formed abbreviations of the 
 scholarly scribes, each having a definite meaning, are not 
 decipherable by a copyist unacquainted with this style of 
 writing, common three centuries ago. A successful tran- 
 scription of the faded Dutch text of these early New Nether- 
 land records not only demands lasting patience but also the 
 skill and knowledge acquired by many years of experience 
 in this field of painstaking labor. 
 
 The books containing the Dutch and English text of the 
 records of the town of Midwout embrace the following manu- 
 scripts : 
 
 One Hundred and Fourteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Book A, numbered 100. 
 
 Dutch text. Gront brieven en transporten — Mortgages 
 and conveyances, from February 1, 1670, to May 5, 1708. 
 
 Case 6. Folios 1-232. 
 
 Case 7. Folios 233-i+6k> 
 
 One Hundred and Fifteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Book A A, numbered 101. 
 
 Dutch text. Coop brieven en transporten — Contracts and 
 conveyances, from March 1, 1674, to May 6, 1682. 
 
 Case 8. Folios 2k2. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 45 
 
 One Hundred and Sixteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Book B, numbered 102. 
 
 Dutch text, with two pages of English text. Koopbrieven, 
 testamenten, transporten, et cet. — Contracts, wills, and con- 
 veyances, from October 20, 1700, to April 28, 1718. 
 
 Case 9. Folios lbb- 
 
 One Hundred and Seventeenth Manuscript. 
 
 Book B, numbered 103. 
 
 Dutch text. Frotekolen en transporten — Court minutes 
 and conveyances, from July 2, 1659, to February 18, 1664. 
 
 Case 10. Folios 29 b> 
 
 One Hundred and Eighteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Book C, numbered 104. 
 
 Dutch text. Testamenten, transporten, en hijpotheeken — 
 
 Wills, conveyances, and mortgages, from June 16, 1666, to 
 
 April 4, 1679. 
 
 Case 11. Folios 1-21+9. 
 
 Case 12. Folios 250-588. 
 
 One Hundred and Nineteenth Manuscript. 
 
 Book D, numbered 105. 
 
 Dutch text. Proteholen — Court minutes, from March 7, 
 1664, to August 1, 1688; and insets to 1695. 
 
 Case 13. Folios 1-273. 
 
 Case lb. Folios 27b~526. 
 
46 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 One Hundred and Twentieth Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 106. 
 
 Dutch text. Dorps vergaderings en Verkeizings — Town 
 meetings and elections, from January 20, 1701, to April 17, 
 1761. Rekenings — Accounts, 1660-1667. Begravenings, 
 Burials, from November 5, 1660, to April 13, 1667. 
 
 Case 15. Folios 1-223. 
 
 Case 16. Folios 221>-U8. 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 107. 
 
 Dutch and English texts: Dutch from November 7, 1679, 
 
 to April 4, 1775 — Proteholen et cet. — Court minutes, &c. 
 
 English text, from April 2, 1776 to February 13, 1826. 
 
 Court minutes, &c. 
 
 Case 11. Folios 1-250. 
 
 Case 18. Folios 251-1+08. 
 
 Records of the Town of Flatbush. 
 
 Memorandum. The town of Flatbush succeeded the town 
 of Midwout. 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 108. 
 
 Town meetings from April, 1819, to April, 1851. 
 
 Case 19. Folios 301. 
 
NIEUW UTRECHT. 
 
 The town of New Utrecht, extending along the eastern side 
 of the channel of the Narrows, derived its name from the 
 ancient city and province of Utrecht, lying along the river 
 Rhine, entering Holland on crossing the western border of 
 Germany. The original territory of the town began to at- 
 tract settlers about the year 1652. The town was founded 
 in 1657, as particularized by the records. 
 
 Records of the Town of New Utrecht. 
 
 The records of the town of New Utrecht are partly writ- 
 ten in Dutch and partly in English. They are contained in 
 a number of books designated by such titles as are set forth 
 by the following manuscripts that enumerate them. 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 200. 
 
 A collection of Dutch and English manuscripts, thirteen 
 in number, 1661-1719. 
 
 Case 20. Folios 86. 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Book A, numbered 201. 
 
 Dutch text, Het Bovk Van Het Dvrp Vtrecht A° 1657 
 
 — The Book of the town of Utrecht, in the year 1657. His- 
 
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48 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 tory of the town, 1659-1660 ; town meetings, deeds, laws, 
 highways, 1665-1831. 
 
 Transcript of certain Long Island chronicles, New 
 Utrecht, April, 1847, by Tenuis G. Bergen, deceased. Eng- 
 lish translation. Thirteen columns of printed matter. 
 
 Case 21. Folios 1-200. 
 
 Case 22. Folios 201-356. 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 202. 
 
 Dutch text. Nieuw Wijtrechtt durps Boeck begonnen in 
 de mandtt octtober anno 1677 — New Utrecht town book, be- 
 gun in the month of October, in the year 1677 ; from Octo- 
 ber 30, 1677, to June 1, 1682. 
 
 Case 23. Folios 88. 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 203. 
 
 English text. Election of town officers, 1799-1822. 
 
 Case 2J>. Folios 67. 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 204. 
 
 English text. Election of town officers, 1793-1803. 
 
 Case 25. Folios 102. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 49 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 205. 
 
 English text. Election of town officers, 1804-1805. 
 
 Case 25. Folios 12^. 
 
 One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 New Utrecht manuscripts. 
 
 Patent granted the inhabitants by Governor-general Rob- 
 ert Nicolls, August 15, 1668. 
 
 Patent granted the inhabitants by Lieutenant-governor 
 Thomas Dongan, May 13, 1686. 
 
 Duplicate typewritten copies. 
 
 Case 25. Folios 12. 
 
GRAVESEND. 
 
 The name of the town of Gravesend, on the southwestern 
 side of Long Island, bordering the bay of Gravesend, was 
 evidently derived from that of the town of Gravezande or 
 Gravenzande, overlooking the English Channel, lying south- 
 west of The Hague or Gravenhage, in Holland. The ancient 
 town, seated on the seashore along which stretched lofty 
 dunes of sand, was likely titled Gravezande, because it was 
 a region of sand belonging for many years to certain counts 
 of Holland. 
 
 Records of the Town of Gravesend. 
 
 English is the general text of these records. The words 
 composing it are in many instances misspelled and badly 
 written, which greatly hinder any rapid transcription of 
 them, and make an accurate transcriber blamable for errors 
 not his own. Besides the obscurity of much of the text, the 
 pages here and there are mutilated and to some extent finger- 
 worn and torn. The eight books containing the records, 
 chronicling the history of the town, are somewhat volumi- 
 nous as is indicated by the number of folios of manuscript 
 representing them. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirtieth Manuscript. 
 
 Book 1, numbered 300. 
 
 English text. Proceedings of town meetings, court min- 
 utes, deeds, et cet. y from 1646, to February 2, 1653. 
 
 Case 26. Folios 205. 
 50 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 51 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Book 2, numbered 301. 
 
 English text. Deeds, et cet., from March 26, 1653, to 
 November 21, 1670. 
 
 Case 27. Folios 277. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Book 3, numbered 302. 
 
 English text. Proceedings of town meetings, deeds, wills, 
 et cet, from February 9, 1656, to April 11, 1670. 
 
 Case 28. Folios 217. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Book 4, numbered 303. 
 
 English text. Court minutes, from October 2, 1662, to 
 
 May 2, 1699. 
 
 Case 28. Folios 85. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Book 5, numbered 304. 
 
 English text. Deeds, et cet., from April 26, 1672, to De- 
 cember 4, 1685; and June 14, 1686. 
 
 Case 29. Folios 230. 
 
52 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Book 6, numbered 305. 
 
 English text. Patents, Indian grants, deeds, births, and 
 marriages, from December 19, 1645 to August 13, 1701. 
 
 Case 30. Folios 1-300. 
 
 Case 31. Folios 301-500. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Book 7, numbered 306. 
 
 English text. Deeds, proceedings of town meetings, 
 roads, court minutes, et cet. y from April 17, 1704, to Novem- 
 ber 29, 1829. 
 
 Case 32. Folios 1-300. 
 
 Case 33. Folios 301-1+36. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Book 8, numbered 307. 
 
 English text. Canvassers' reports of elections, from May 
 
 3, 1799, to November 4, 1845. 
 
 Case 33. Folios 111. 
 
AMERSFOORT. 
 
 The town of Amersfoort south of the town of Midwout, 
 derived its name from the city similarly denominated, which 
 lies on the river Eem in Holland. The name was variously 
 spelled in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries: Ams- 
 vorde, Hemesfurt, and Heemsfurt, and again differently: 
 Eemsfort, Aemsfort, Eemfort, Amsfort, Emesfoort, Amis- 
 voort, and Emesfort. 
 
 The name of the town of Amersfoort, now changed to that 
 of Flatlands, is frequently found written in extant deeds as 
 Amesfort. 
 
 Records of the Town of Amersfoort. 
 
 The several preserved records of the town are partly in 
 Dutch and partly in English. The text is generally legible, 
 and the chirography excels in boldness that of the records of 
 the other towns. The volumes containing the records of the 
 town are well bound and evidence much care in their preser- 
 vations. As titled, the books are the following: 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 400. 
 
 Dutch text. Deeds, et cet., from March 26, 1667, to 
 October 6, 1694. 
 
 English text, from December 25, 1718, to April 26, 1828. 
 
 Case 3Jf. Folios 322. 
 53 
 
54 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 406. 
 
 Dutch and English text. The volume is titled " Flatlands 
 Manuscript Records." 
 
 The Dutch text extends from June 13, 1661, to March 2, 
 
 1699 ; the English, from June 13, 1661, to January 15, 
 
 1822. 
 
 Case 35. Folios 117. 
 
 One Hundred and Fortieth Manuscript. 
 
 Book numbered 412. 
 
 English text. Flatlands road records, from May 19, 
 1684, to May 16, 1720; also November 14, 1865. Miscel- 
 laneous records, from June 13, 1661. 
 
 Case 36. Folios 108. 
 
BOSWIJCK. 
 
 On February 4, 1660, on account of the exposed condition 
 of the settlers dwelling upon widely scattered farms, Petrus 
 Stuivesant the Lord Director-general, and the High Coun- 
 cil of New Netherland, ordained, in consequence of the ex- 
 isting war with the Indians, that the rural people should 
 move from their separated abodes and concentrate themselves 
 in protected places. At that time fourteen Frenchmen, and 
 a Dutchman, named Pieter Jan de Wit, their interpreter, 
 were seeking an area of land on which to build themselves 
 homes, the Lord Director-general went to Mespaechtes and 
 selected a place between the creek bearing that name and the 
 Norman's creek, where twenty-two village lots were laid out 
 by a surveyor. On March 14, 1661, upon the request of the 
 inhabitants to have the new village bear a distinct designa- 
 tion, the Lord Director-general named it Boswijch (Bush- 
 wick). 
 
 Records of the Town of Boswijch. 
 
 The volume of manuscripts containing the records of the 
 
 town is titled: " Bushwick MS. Kecord Book, 1660-1825." 
 
 The city of Williamsburgh is now seated on the site of the 
 
 town of Bushwick. Newtown Creek was originally known 
 
 as Mespaechtes Kill. The chirography of the records is 
 
 mostly bold and distinct. The book has a thick paper cover, 
 
 which is irreparably torn and badly worn. 
 
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56 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-first Manuscript. 
 
 " Bushwick MS. Eecord Book, 1660-1825." 
 
 Dutch and English text. Selection of the site of the town, 
 
 names of the first settlers, deeds, wills, et cet. Dutch text 
 
 from February 4, 1660, to April 21, 1740; English text 
 
 from June 19, 1701, to November 1, 1825. Duplicates of 
 
 English text, folios 248. 
 
 Case 37. Folios 368. 
 
 Case 38. Folios 370. 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-second Manuscript. 
 
 List of the officers and representatives of the towns 
 of Breuckelen, Midwout, Amersfoort, Gravesend, Nieuw 
 Utrecht, and Boswijck, 1652-1674. 
 
 Case 39. Folios 32. 
 
 Dutch coins, weights, and measures, and their equivalents, 
 current and in use in New Netherland. 
 
 Case 39. Folio 1. 
 
PEOJECTED MAP. 
 
 Map of the plantations, farms, building lots, highways, 
 and Indian paths embraced in the territory of the towns 
 of Breuckelen, Midwout, Amersfoort, Gravesend, Nieuw 
 Utrecht, and Boswijck, 1636-1674, begun and partly de- 
 lineated. 
 
 57 
 
ENGLISH PERIODS. 
 
 First period. From the surrender of the territory of New 
 Xetherland by Director-general Peter Stuyvesant to the Eng- 
 lish Crown, on September 8, 1664, when it was given the 
 name of the Province of New York, to July 29, 1772. 
 
 Second period. On July 29, 1772, it was surrendered to 
 the Dutch commodores, Cornells Evertsen and Jacob Binckes, 
 and again called New Xetherland. On November 10, 1674, 
 it was again surrendered to the English Crown by Captain 
 Anthony Colve, the governor-general of New Netherland, 
 and thereafter was known as the Province of New York, 
 until November 13, 1782, when the provisional articles of 
 peace, between Great Britain and the United States of 
 America, were signed. 
 
 58 
 
KINGS COUNTY AND ITS TOWNS. 
 
 On November 1, 1683, the law was passed to divide the 
 Province of New York and its dependencies into shires and 
 counties. By the act the province was divided into twelve 
 counties: New York, Westchester, Ulster, Albany, Dutchess, 
 Orange, Richmond, Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Dukes, and 
 Cornwall. 
 
 As enacted, Kings County was " to contain the several 
 towns of Bushwick, Bedford, Brooklyn, Flatbush, New 
 Utrecht, and Gravesend, with the several settlements and 
 plantations adjacent." 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Records of Kings County, 1691-1825. 
 
 English text. Minutes of the Court of Sessions, from 
 November, 1691, to May 12, 1703; from May 9, 1704, to 
 May 9, 1711; meetings of the Justices; acts of the Road 
 Commissioners, from March 28, 1704, to July 6, 1825 ; pro- 
 ceedings of the Board of Supervisors, 1703-1707. Duplicate 
 typewritten copies. 
 
 Case JfO. Folios 16Jf. 
 
 59 
 
60 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Churches in Kings County, 1654-1909. 
 
 Dutch and English text. Excerpta from manuscriptic his- 
 tories of the churches at Midwout, Amersfoort, Breuckelen, 
 ]STew Utrecht, Gravesend, and Boswijck. Folios 513. 
 
 History of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of 
 Gravesend from 1660 to 1892. Folios 65. 
 
 Communicants from June 27, 1763, to September 5, 1890. 
 Folios 18. 
 
 Marriages, from December 5, 1832, to July 15, 1890. 
 Folios 14. 
 
 Baptisms, from September 25, 1714, to September 5, 
 1890. Folios 59. 
 
 Deaths, from 1840 to 1890. Folios 4. 
 
 Case J+l. Folios SS6. 
 Case 42. Folios SSI. 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Marriage records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of 
 Brooklyn, 1660-1690. Translated by Teunis G. Bergen, de- 
 ceased. Folios 7. 
 
 Baptismal records of the First Reformed Dutch Church 
 
 of Brooklyn, 1660-1719. Translated by Teunis G. Bergen, 
 
 deceased. Folios 69. 
 
 Case JfS. Folios 76. 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 New York Colonial Manuscripts. Council Minutes, from 
 
 1670 to 1783. 
 
 Case 44. Folios 181. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 61 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 New York Colonial Manuscripts, from 1667 to 1775. 
 
 Case 45. Folios 268. 
 Case 46. Folios 268. 
 Case 47. Folios 270. 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Excerpta from the Documentary History of the State of 
 
 New York, vol. i., folios 48; vol. ii., folios 71; vol. iii., 
 
 folios 82; vol. iv., folios 40. 
 
 Case 48. Folios 241. 
 
 Printed excerpta from the Ecclesiastical Records of New 
 
 York relating to ministers and churches in Kings County, 
 
 vol. i., 1623-1680. 
 
 Case 49. Pages S18. 
 
 One Hundred and Forty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Ibid., vol. ii., 1678-1700. 
 
 Case 50. Pages 162. 
 
 One Hundred and Fiftieth Manuscript. 
 
 Ibid., vol. iii., 1701-1725. 
 
 Case 51. Pages 281. 
 
62 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-first Manuscript. 
 
 Ibid., vol. iv., 1725-1750. 
 
 Case 52. Pages 3J/.9. 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Printed excerpta from Colonial Laws relating to the towns 
 in Kings County. Vol. L, 1664-1717. 
 
 Case 53. Pages 338. 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-third Manuscript. 
 
 Ibid., vol. ii., 1720-1737. 
 
 Case 5k- Pages 157. 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Manuscript. 
 
 Ibid., vol. iii., 1739-1755. 
 
 Case 55. Pages 321. 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Manuscript. 
 
 Ibid., vol. iv., 1755-1769. 
 
 Case 56. Pages 263. 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 63 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Manuscript. 
 
 Ibid., vol. v., 1770-1775. 
 
 Case 57. Pages 273. 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Manuscript. 
 
 Printed excerpta from Colonial Military Service of men 
 
 of Kings County. Vol. i., 1690-1759, pages 90; vol. ii., 
 
 1673-1785, pages 70. 
 
 Case 58. Pages 160. 
 
REVOLUTIONARY WAE PERIOD. 
 
 The patriotic inhabitants of Kings County began associat- 
 ing in committees in 1775 to further their aspirations of 
 freeing themselves from the tyrannical rule of Great Britain, 
 and by taking up arms in self-defence to maintain their 
 right of self-government. Every measure that was suggested 
 by the colonial congresses and the provincial conventions for 
 the furtherance of the cause of freedom, they speedily hon- 
 ored with their personal sanction and means. In conse- 
 quence of the long occupation of the western part of Long 
 Island and the city of New York by the British troops after 
 the conflict with the enemy on the site of the Borough of 
 Brooklyn, in 1776, little was locally accomplished to frus- 
 trate the plans of the arrogant English generals. However, 
 during the progress of the long struggle for independence, 
 there were many incidents betokening the patriotic zeal and 
 personal heroism of the people of Kings County. 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Manuscript. 
 
 Kings County in the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783 ; 
 Acts of the Convention and Colonial Congress; election of 
 representatives; billeting of troops; precautions respecting 
 the safety of cattle ; active service of local military organiza- 
 tions, &c, &c. 
 
 Case 59. Folios 52. 
 
 04 
 
EXCERPTA, PRINTS, AND MAPS. 65 
 
 One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Manuscript. 
 
 Campaign of 1776: General orders, letters, and papers 
 
 relating to it and to the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 
 
 1776. 
 
 Case 59. Folios 97. 
 
 One Hundred and Sixtieth Manuscript. 
 
 Excerpta from the papers of the Honorable George Clin- 
 ton relating to the War of the Revolution and to a form of 
 government for the State of New York, from November 12, 
 
 1776, to December 1, 1788. 
 
 Case 60. Folios 65. 
 
PEACE PERIOD. 
 
 ONE HlJNDEED AND SlXTY-FIEST MaNUSCEIPT. 
 
 Appointments of military and civil officers for Kings 
 County. Printed excerpta. Vol. i., 1783-1807, pages 96; 
 vol. ii., 1807-1817, pages 37; vol. iii., 1817-1821, pages 61. 
 
 Case 61. Pages 19 J/.. 
 
 66 
 
WAK OF 1812-1815. 
 
 One Hundred and Sixty-second Manuscript. 
 
 Excerpta from the Public Papers of Governor Daniel D. 
 Tompkins, relating to the defence of the State of New York 
 during the War of 1812-1815. 
 
 Case 62. Folios 60. 
 
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MAPS. 
 
 Parts of rare Maps representing early fields of 
 discovery and exploration along the atlantic 
 coast of North America, between the years 1527 
 and 1656. 
 
 1. Part of the Map of the World, made by the Viscount 
 de Maiollo, in Genoa, in 1527, representing the site of the 
 Borough of Brooklyn. 
 
 2. Map of New France, made by Giacomo de Gastaldi, 
 published at Venice, in 1556. 
 
 3. Part of the Map of the World, made by Girolamo Eus- 
 celli, published at Venice, in 1561. 
 
 4. Part of the Map of the World, made by Gerard Mer- 
 cator, at Duisburg, Germany, in 1569. 
 
 5. Part of the Map of New Netherland, found, June 26, 
 1841, in the Koyal Archives, at The Hague. 
 
 6. Map of New England, New Netherland, and Virginia, 
 published in the 1630th edition of the Nieuwe Wereldt (New 
 World), by Johannes de Laet. 
 
 7. Map of New Belgia or New Netherland, illustrating 
 
 the Beschrijvinge van Nieuw Nederlant (Description of 
 
 New Netherland), published at Amsterdam, Holland, in 
 
 1656. 
 
 Case 68. 
 
 68 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Pictures of old localities and buildings in Brooklyn, and 
 portraits of some of the early inhabitants, people of distinc- 
 tion, etc., etc. 
 
 Case 61+. 
 
 69 
 
MEMOEANDA. 
 
 There are a number of bound volumes and folios contain- 
 ing typewritten duplicates of collected and compiled material 
 to be used in printing the projected history. The books are 
 in a large japanned tin box, which is locked, and some of the 
 typewritten folios are temporarily disposed in the tin cases 
 numbered 65, 66, 67, and 68. 
 
 There are in a tightly sealed wooden box a number of 
 valuable photo-engraved plates of rare excerpta to be used in 
 the printing of the projected history of the Borough of 
 Brooklyn. 
 
 The collected and compiled material, represented by about 
 eighteen thousand folios and pages, if printed, which it should 
 be for better protection and timely use, may probably be 
 comprised in thirty large octavo volumes, each representing 
 four hundred pages. 
 
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