END OF VOL. I.
(The index for Volumes I, II, and III will be found in Vol. III.)
FOOTNOTES:
[1] O'Callaghan's "History of New Netherlands," 1:112-120.
[2] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1:89-100.
[3] O'Callaghan, 1:124. Although it was said that Kiliaen van Rensselaer visited America, it seems to be established that he never did. He governed his estate as an absentee landgrave, through agents. He was the most powerful of all of the patroons.
[4] Ibid., 125.
[5] Colonial Documents, 1:41. The primary object of this company was a monopoly of the Indian trade, not colonization. The "princely" manors were a combination fort and trading house, surrounded by moat and stockade.