[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] they made, ought to be speedily accepted and executed; and further, that this Provisional Order be enacted and also furnished to tliem : Adriaen van der Donch^ to the Committee of the States-General. (From MS. ia the Eoyal Archives at the Hague; Loketkat of the Slates General; Eubric Vest Indische Compagnie, No. 30; 16th division of the Bundle. ] To the Noble Mighty Lords, the Lords of Heraertsbergen Loo, Velt, van der Hoick and others, a Committee on the Redress of the ruined affairs of New Netherland. Noble, Mighty Lords. The very laudable zeal which their High Mightinesses and you, Noble Mighty, have been pleased to evince as well for the preservation of whatever yet remains by God's especial blessing in ruined New Netherland as for the restoration of the sad and prostrate affairs there, supplies me with confidence and courage to lay before you. Noble Mighty, some means which will be highly necessary, and, according to all' human calculation, advantageous and profitable to their High Mightinesses' design herein.