a settlement in the vicinity of
Manhattan.

The expedition proving suc-
cessful, the Governor returned
crowned with the glory of tri-
umph and victory.

Soon after this a new plan for
the municipal government of IN
New Amsterdam was arrived at, |&
in Holland, and the City of New
Amsterdam was then first offi-
cially recognized (2d February,
1653). Cee fa

Upon the receipt of this news |e
by Stuyvesant he made a public
speech in which he intimated that
his power was not in the slightest
degree abridged or abrogated.
Soon after, however, he was re-{F
called to Holland by the home

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