…Cortlandt, occurs as one of the six commissioners, appointed to meet the English De-puties at Governor Stuyvesant's house in the Bowery, to treat concerning the surrender of the colony. This individual subse-quently signed the articles of capitulation…

…was a Colony and Province of the United Provinces, from soon after its discovery, in 1609, to its surrender to the English in 1664. These Dutch records, however, are incomplete. It is known that the early Provincial authorities recorded their…