[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] merous in the vicinity of Coxsackie, Green county, and Coey-mans, Albany county, N. Y. By the marriage of Antonia Slaghboom, BroncJc's land passed into the Van Curler family. In a letter to the patroon Van Rens-selaer, dated " The Manhattans, this 16th of June, 1643," Van Curler says, " I am at present betrothed to the widow of the late Mr. Jonas Bronck. May the j^ood God vouchsafe to bless me in my undertaking, and please to grant that it might conduce to his honor and to our mutual salvation. Amen.''^ On the 30th of October, 1644, Van Curler obtained a" grond brief" for Broncks' land from William Kieft, director general. I cannot forbear quoting an interesting sketch of this distinguished indi-vidual by E, B. O'Callaghan, historian of the New Netherlands. "Arendt van Curler was one of those characters who deserve to live in history. His influence among the Indians was unlim-ited, and in honor of his memory these tribes addressed all suc-ceeding governors of New York by the name of -Corlear." He possessed feelings of the purest humanity and actively exerted his influence in rescuing from the savages such Christians as had the misfortune to fall into their hands, of whose danger he might receive timely notice. On his marriage with Antonia Slaghboom, the widow of Jonas Bronck, he visited Holland, and on his return moved to the Flatts above Albany where he had a