VALENTINE'S MANUAL

In July, 1652, the Indian sale to Van TwiIIer was declared
void by Governor Stuyvesant and the same year granted
the Island to Captain Francis Fyn by order of the West
India Company, who on May 10, 1652, wrote to Governor
Stuyvesant enclosing a copy of their resolution granting
the Island to Captain Fyn and stating that they had since
been informed that the Island "would be particularly use-
ful for the Company in the imminent or any future dif-
ferences with the English being adapted for fortifications
to be built thereon to defend our places" and trusts he will
"have an eye upon the interests of the Gompany and the
shareholders and inform us of your opinion."

Th^ Resolution of the Amsterdam Chamber of the
West India Company, dated May 2, 1652, reads as
if ollows:

"At the request of Hendrick Fredrick Monsvelt, father-
in-law of Francoys Fyn, it was approved to write to the
Director and CounciIIors of New Netherland, that if the
Company cannot be considerably injured or prejudiced by
the cession of Varchen Island, that Francoys Fyn shall
be accommodated with the same. And in case the said
Varchen Island, for above stated reasons, must be re-
tained, then he shall be shown and granted other fit lands
there for cultivation."

Fyn apparently leased the Island and that there was
some dispute in reference to it is shown by an entry in
the register of Solomon La Chair, vis:

"Petition regarding judgment pronounced March 7,
,1662, concerning the lease of Varchen Island. etc
Answer of Pieter Lamberts, defendant, to Matheus De
Vos, attorney of Francoys Fyn, complainant."

Under the terms of the capitulation of the Dutch to
the English and by the decree of October 10, 1665, this

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