[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] The private points consist in the suing and prosecuting of a Mandamus on appeal, obtained by the abovenamed C. Melyn against Peter Stuivesant, Director in New Netherland, and Cornells van Tienhoven, Secretary, for a certain sentence pronounced by the Director and Council against him, the petitioner. Thereunto the aforesaid Cornells Tienhoven duly presents himself in writing, and requests that your High Mightinesses would fix a certain early day when the appellant in the case should be obliged to enter his complaint, &c. The public points contained therein are principally, the provoking and undertaking an unnecessary and bloody war against the natives of New Netherland, friends there of the Vol. I. 53 418 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. subjects of these United Netherlands, to the destruction of the infant settlements and population of New Netherland; therein he accuses the abovenamed Cornelis van Tienhoven to have been the chief fomenter and party in provoking and fostering the destructive war aforesaid. The inquiry as to the cause, the authors and management of the aforesaid bloody and ruinous war is considered by your High Mightinesses' Deputies and the associate Directors, to be necessary and essential, and with this view, that the aforesaid Cornelis van Tienhoven be ordered not to depart for New Netherland until he shall be heard in the matter aforesaid on certain interrogatories committed for that purpose to paper and annexed hereunto, nor until this case be disposed of.