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REMONSTEANCE OF THE DEPUTIES
 

NEW NETHERLAND.
 

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REPRESENTATION OF NEW NETHERLAND AS REGARDS ITS LOCATION, PRODUCTIVENESS

AND POOR CONDITION,...................................................................         7

OP THE AMERICANS, OR NATIVES, THEIR APPEARANCE, OCCUPATION, AND FOOD,.......       13

BY WHOM NEW NETHERLAND WAS FIRST  OCCUPIED, AND HOW FAR ITS  BOUNDARIES

EXTEND,...................................,..............................................       15

OF THE FRESH RIVER,.......................................................................       18

OF THE DUTCH TITLE TO THE FRESH RIVER,........................................*.....       19

OF THE RODENBERGH, BY THE ENGLISH CALLED NEW HAVEN; AND OF OTHER PLACES

OF MINOR IMPORTANCE,.................................................................       20

OF THE SOUTH RIVER AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREABOUT,..............................       21

OF THE SOUTH BAY AND SOUTH RIVER,.....*...............................................       22

OF THE CONVENIENCE AND EXCELLENCE OF THE WATERS,...............................       25

OF THE REASONS AND CAUSE OF THE  GREAT DECAY OF NEW NETHERLAND,...........       27

THE ADMINISTRATION OF DIRECTOR KIEFT, IN PARTICULAR,.............................       36

THE ADMINISTRATION OF DIRECTOR STUYVESANT, IN PARTICULAR,......................       39

IN WHAT MANNER NEW NETHERLAND SHOULD BE RELIEVED,............................       49
 

BRIEF ANSWER TO THE REMONSTRANCE, BY SECRETARY VAN TIENHOVEN,..............       55

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