and in a fraudulent way got the fort, and contrary to what was promised, caused the officers in the fort to be put in arrest, and carried all the soldiers aboard of the vessel, securing all places with soldiers, they taking down the Sweed's flagg and put up their own. Since Styvesant for such a small price had gotten the fort, which was a key for New Sweeden, and was well provided with men and ammunition, then the 2d of September they besieged Christiana, together with the town, Christiana harbour, as the ingenier laid out; and then they went and destroyed New Gottenburgh, together with the housing that were without the fort, with their plantations, plundering the inhabitants of what they could come at, killed their cattle. Therefore the Sweeds after 14 days siege, proposing several ways that he should not treat them after a hostile manner, but all would not do, and they were obliged to surrender the fort for want of powder and ammunition. But with this accord, that all the great guns that belonged to the crown and the company they should again be restored, and there was an inventory taken of them. Then the Sweeds marched out of the fort, with their arms, flying colours, drums and pipes, and burning matches, and the Dutch they then took possession of the fort, tore down the Sweedish flagg, and put up the Dutch colours. The officers and the principal people were taken in arrest, and carried to Manhaten or New Amsterdam, and from thence to Holland, but the common people submitted themselves under the Dutch and remained in the country. Which governor John Rysing and Peter Lindstrom gives a further and exacter relation of. END OF VOLUME II. OF THE BOOKS, TRACTS, NEWSPAPERS, MAPS, CHARTS VIEWS, PORTRAITS, AND MANUSCRIPTS, IN THE LIBRARY OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. NEW-YORK: FROM THE PRESS OF J. SEYMOUR, 22 Dec. 1813. NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 6 DEC. 1813. RESOLVED, That the thanks of this Society be presented to the Reverend TIMOTHY ALDEN, for his indefatigable labour and attention in arranging and preparing the Catalogue of the Library of this Society, and in superintending the publication of the same. Extract from the Minutes, JOHN PINTARD, Recording Secretary. |