[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] the present Director, does and disposes of, everything according to his will and Vice Director Dinck-pleasure, without acknowleding or showing any respect to Lubbert van Dincklage, the Vice Director, who is a Doctor utriusque juris, or to the nine Select men; yea, dared-to act and actually does proceed in direct opposition to their will, advice and protest, as quite recently demonstrated to their High Mightinesses in the sending of horses to Barbadoes. Whereupon deliberation being had, it is resolved and concluded on the first point, that the Director and Government in New Netherland, shall be jointly written to by a despatch in triplicate, to publish the peace in every part of that district under the jurisdiction of this State, and for this purpose some proclamations with divers copies of the treaty of peace, in both languages, shall be sent thither; and that they shall accordingly have to let everything be in statu quo. And on the second point, it is resolved that the abovenamed Director and Grovernment of New Netherland shall be instructed in aforesaid letter to allow the Vice Director and Board of the Nine men to provisionally continue in the respective commissions, instructions or offices, until other dispositions shall be made herein by their High Mightinesses. /States General to Director Stuyvesant. [ From the Register of Uitgegaive Brieven of the States Genera], in the Royal Archlyes at the Hagae. ] To the Director and Government in New Netherland, the XH April, 1650.