[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] awaye, were alone awaye : ) five thousand beaver skinnes. And that hee is certeyne, hee should have had trucke for all the remainder of the said goodes, if the Dutch had suffered them to trade there; for that there are in the said river usually fifteene or sixteene thousand beaver skinnes yearly traded lor; and for that the Salvages would not trade with the Dutch, as longe as this deponente was there. But did all resorte unto him; and for the reasons aforesaid, hee sayeth that the said master Clobery, master Morehead and master Delabarr, the merchants that sett forth the said shippe, have bine dampnified by the wronges and injuries, done by the Dutch, as is aforesaid, to the value of ffive thousand pounds sterlinge att the least. And this hee affirmeth uppon his oath to be true. ' Wouter van Twiller. ' Notelman. ' Andreas Hudde. He came to New Netherland in 1629, and after serving the government in various capacities for thirty-four years, died 4th November, 1663, at Appoquinimy, in the present State of Delaware, on his way to Maryland. — Ed. Vol. I. 82 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. Resolution of the States General referring tlie preceding Documents. [ From Ihe Eesister of Resolutions of the States General, in tlie Koyal Arcbives al llie Hague. ]