[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Adriaen van der Donck, Delegate of tlie Commonalty in New Netherland, respectfully represents, that he, the Petitioner, has been for over two years and a half continuously in this country in quality of Delegate from the Commonalty in New Netherland, of the Manhattans or New Amsterdam, Amersfort, Breukelen and Pavonia, the Delegates being first three in number, whereof two, namely Jacob van Couwenhoven and Jan Inverts Bout, were discharged by your High Mightinesses on the first of April, 1650, so that the Petitioner alone hath remained liere in commission. And first, namely, on the 27"" of January, IGOO, and 10"" and IS"", and principally on the SG"" February of said year, they, the Delegates, at the Hon*"'' Directors at the Chamber at Amsterdam, in presence and before your High Mightinesses' Commissioners, being severely reproached by the Hon'''' Directors who were unwilling to acknowledge their commission or constituents (commiitcntr.n), delivered to your High Miglitinesses' Commissioners for the affairs of New Netherland, copy of their commission and of the commission of their constituents (committcnien), which, notwithstanding said opposition of tlie Directors was, afterwards, on the 1 1"" April, confirmed by order of your High Mightinesses, as is to be seen by the annexed paper No. 1.