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were held by Sebastian Krol, whose name is
memorable chiefly for the fact that he had been
influential in purchasing the domain of Rensse-
laerswyck for its patroon (1630) and the tradi-
tion that the cruller, crolyer or krolyer, was so
called in his honor. The Company's selection of
a permanent successor to Minuit was not happy.
Wouter Van Twiller, nephew of KHiaen Van Rens-
selaer, must have owed his appointment as Direc-
tor to family influence, since neither his career nor
his reputation justified the choice.

David de Vries, writing on April 16, 1633, notes
that on arriving about noon before Fort Amster-
dam he found there a ship called the Soutbergk
which had brought over the new Governor, Wou-
ter Van Twiller, a former clerk in the West India
House at Amsterdam. De Vries gives his opinion
of Van Twiller in no uncertain terms. He ex-
pressed his own surprise that the West India Com-
pany should send fools into this country who knew
nothing except how to drink, and quotes an Eng-
lishman as saying that he could not understand
the unruliness among the officers of the Company
and that a governor should have no more control
over them.

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