mons to surrender, promising life,
liberty and estate to all who
4| would peacefully accept of its
wl| Conditions.
aij} The Governor read the letter
“i 1} to the Council, and fearing assent
by the people should the tenor
i} of it become known, he tore it
| into shreds and crushed it be-
a| neath his feet.
os; Meanwhile the people them-
Kai} Selves, in anticipation of some de-
~\ cisive move, had assembled out-
|| side the building and were shout-
ing clamorously for information
as to the contents of the letter.
Returning to the Council
chamber, Stuyvesant gathered
2yq| up the torn fragments and gave
them to the Burgomasters in ses-