[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Charles II., at the instance of Stuyvesant, who had returned to Holland, licensed several ships to be sent from that country to New York, and Van Cortlandt went over to attend to their lading. Soon alter his return the Dutch regained possession of New York, Colve assuming the govern-ment, while Lovelace was ordered to leave; his affaire being found unsettled Van Cortlandt was com-missioned to investigate them. The treaty of Westminster placed New York once more in English hands; Sir Edmund Andros was made governor, and he selected Van Cortlandt as one of his council. In the tax list of this year (H574) Van Cortlandt's property was estimated at fcrty-five thou-sand guilders, and he owned a large amount of real estate, beside his residence in Brouwer Straat. He had married, in 1(542, Annetje Lioekermans, of Tuinhout, a town in Belgium, twenty-five miles east of Antwerp. She was the sister of Govert Loockermans, who bad come out with Van Twiller.1 Their married life seems to have been a happy one; he was " a worthy citizen and most liberal in his charities." i I krrinans sailed from Holland in tin-"Southern," villi Van