1.-THE NEW NETHERLANDS 81
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A friend has handed us Pamphlet fsc. 6,.
page) containing ga brief description of No,


York, formerly called New Netherlands viii


the places lhercunto adjoining" &C. 10 which w.
invite the attention Of the reader This rare ,rl
interesting work was written by Daniel Denb,
and first published in London, in 1870 and oo,n
printed during the present year, from copy m,dp
by the direction of MIR. John Pennington from
the original in the British Museum for the Hiso.
rical Society Of Pennsylvania. 1t appears from


Note attached to this work, that Dlnicl Denton,
brief description" is the first English account Of
the country now divided into New York and New
Jersey; and that the author was in bis day, uuic
prominent man among the magnalcs OF Long
Island. 1t is believed, however, that he ultimate
ly returned to England. notwithstanding the ar
dent attachment cvinccd by him for Countrey"
so 4" blessed" as New York was as one of The


terrestrial Canaans''


The territory of New York was originally co.
lonized from Holland; and its incorporation with
the British dominions was the work of conouea


lis first name WAS Nova Bclgia, or New Neihq.
lands, and the first Dutch fort was established ner
Albany, in 1914, and the government commitd
to Henry Christacns Down 10 the year 1904
the Dutch held possession, when, under the ad
minislration of the immortal Peter Sluyrcsanl
a "reducemenl Of those paris under his Mnjesr'
obedience took place. by " the care and diligence
of the Honorable Coll Nichols;" the name of
New Amsterdam was changed 10 that of New
York; and the sceptre passed from Dutch 10
English hands. That noble old man, Governor
Stuyvesant, was really the only Dulchman in all
tho colony at that time who deserved to be esteem.
ed and honorcd for his sturdinrss and vaor; and
it was not his fault that his country fell all easy
prey to English avarice and ambition.


From 1864 to I746, The middle of the cigh,
teenth century, New York had fourteen Govern
ors, among whom was Rip Van Dam (no swear
ing, gentlemenI) and George Clinton, who sue
ceedcd George Clark in 1743. 1t is stated, on
good authority, that the population of The entire
Colony in 1850, did not exceed one hundred
than one-half the number now
;ontained in the City of New York.


Daniel Denton's "brief description" is interest
ing in many respects, particularly as showing Tho
condition Of the country nearly two centuries
'go-fs extraordinary plentfulness and fertility
is game, fish, and wild bees-its superabundance
If grass, intcrlardcd with Pea-vinrs and other
oeeds that Cattle much delight in land tho
trong inducements held out on all hands Or Oc'
upation and settlement We commend it TO the
ttention OF those who wonid know the condiOn
& New York land indeed Of the Colonies gen.
raIIy) one hundred and seventy-fve years ago.