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lot; and as the valleys thereby furnish no nearer place (than) those adjoining between the 3d and 4th kils,1 to supply the cattle with fodder, and is also the nearest spot, therefore we, the Petitioners, are under the necessity of turning to your Honors, humbly praying and soliciting that the aforesaid requested place may be granted to them, each his lot, as the valleys in the hay season be far from here, and they seek the nearest, in order to bring in the grass dry and in good condition (with God's blessing), for the preservation of the cattle, and all that is annexed thereto, that appertains to the farmers. Awaiting, therefore, a favorable answer, if your Honors the Director-General and Council, in your wise discretion, shall vouchsafe to grant the same, we remain your Honors' obedient servants.

The magistrates of Midwout, also, petitioned for a similar favor of erecting a village on the same parcel of land. It was, therefore, determined by the authorities that the land should be surveyed by the Surveyor, in order that an opinion might be formed as to the number of plantations which might advantageously be laid out on it. On the 26th of May, Thomas Lambertsen, Evert Dircksen van As, Teunis Dircksen, Teunis Jansen, John Damen, Hendrick Jansen Been, George Probatskin, Peter Petersen, Teunis Cornelissen, Joost Fransen, Dirck Jans Hooglandt, Paulus Dircksen, Wynant

1 Ante, pp. 116,118.

2 N. Y. Col. MSS., Part ii. x. 87.