…O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Order dissolving the Board of Twelve Men. And whereas the Commonalty at our request appointed and instructed these 12 men to communicate their good counsel and advice on the subject of the murder of the late…

…Resolution adopted by the Twelve Men empowered by the whole of the People. Whereas we, burghers and inhabitants of New Netherland, previously invited and requested by Willem Kieft, Director General and the Council of New Netherland, and with the consent…

…August 25), 1641,,w for the consideration of some important and necessary matters.'* The assembled citizens selected a council of twelve men, who, upon advising together, recommended that fur-ther efforts be made to have the murderer delivered up to…

…One of them was capable of holding from twelve to fourteen men, or one hundred and fifty bushels of corn. ' O'Callaghan's Hist. N. N. 299. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 165 still remaining in 1663, and garrisoned with eighty warri…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] placed on the list of His Majesty's Council, in place of James (Lewis?) Morris, Jr. He icceivcd«the ap-pointment in 1730, and took his seat the following year. The colonial manuscripts commend his regu-lar…

…Kieft's answer to the petition? Petition of the Twelve Men and the Answer thereto. TotheHouM'^Willem Kieft, Director General and the Council residing in New N. Netherland on the behalf of the General Incorporated West India Company. i. 1…

…When Kieft created the Council of Twelve Men (the first popularly elected body in New Netherland), they rejected his proposal to massacre the Weckquaesgeek village, recognizing that Indigenous peoples vastly outnumbered colonists and controlled essential fur trading. Kieft dissolved the…

…At 20 minutes past two, his Honor the Mayor and the members of the Common Council, foreign Consuls, and invited guests, took their stations on the front of the Hall, which then presented a most animated spectacle, every nook and…