[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Thus attested, on the day aforesaid, at the Hague, in presence of Jacob van Couwenhoven and Jan Evertss, hereunto required as witnesses. Resolution of the States General on the preceding Papers. [ From the Kegister of 'WeBt India Affairs, 1638 — 1651, in the Eoyal Archives at the Hague. ] Tuesday, 12"" April, 1650. Folio B52. Presented to the Assembly, a petition from the Delegates of New Netherland, in Ne'Sand."' ^^^ substance purporting that on this day, 12"" April, they received a certain deposition of William Nobel, late surgeon on board Captain Blaeuw's yacht La Garse, Spaniards in the representing that the Spaniards in the West Indies were ignorant of the peace; West Indies igno-r O r o r 7 rant of the peace that both parties continued hostilities there; and, also, that the peace had never which has never r ' > ' r Ne™ &'eTSnd.'° ^ecn proclaimed in New Netherland. And whereas many valuable prizes remain Priietthere. there, the above named Delegates request a decision how they are to be dealt with. Secondly, that the aforesaid deposition states and mentions besides that Petrus Stuyvesant, Director stuyvesani.