The standard authority for the history of New Hampshire is Jeremy Belknap, _History of New Hampshire_ (3 vols., 1784-1813); and that for Maine is William D. Williamson, _History of Maine_ (2 vols., 1832). Documents illustrating the history of New Hampshire can be found in the _New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers_ and in John Scribner Jenness, _Transcripts of Original Documents in the English Archives Relating to the Early History of the State of New Hampshire_ (1876). Important papers occur in the ten volumes of _Collections_ published by the New Hampshire Historical Society. For Maine the reader is referred to the _Collections_ of the Massachusetts Historical Society and those of the Maine Historical Society. Important original material may be found in _York Deeds_ (11 vols., 1642-1726). For the early history of both colonies John Winthrop, _History of New England_, is the principal original authority. The narrative of Gorges has some value in connection with both colonies. Special tracts and documents are treated in chap, xvi., above. DUTCH COLONY OF NEW NETHERLAND The standard authorities for the early history of this colony are E.B. O'Callaghan, _History of New Netherland_ (2 vols., 1855), and John Romeyn Brodhead, _History of the State of New York_ (2 vols., 1872). The voyage of Henry Hudson is told in Purchas; and the _Documents Relating to the History of New York_ (15 vols., 1856-1861) collected by John Romeyn Brodhead shed light on the early Dutch trading-post at New Amsterdam. The first mention by the English of the Dutch on the Hudson is made in a work republished in the _Collections_ of the Massachusetts Historical Society (2d series, IX., 1-25), in which it is stated that an English sea-captain, Dermer, "met on his voyage from [Virginia to New England] with certain Hollanders who had a trade in Hudson River some years before that time, 1619." For the relations of the Dutch with the English the main authorities are William Bradford, _Plimoth Plantation_; John Winthrop, _History of New England_; the "Proceedings of the Federal Commissioners," published in _Plymouth Colony Records_, IX., X., and _New Haven Records_, and Hazard, _State Papers_, II.; and Peter de Vries, _Journal_ (N.Y. Hist. Soc., _Collections_, 2d series, III.). NEW SWEDEN The founding of New Sweden is probably best told in Benjamin Ferris, _History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware_ (1846), extracted from works already published in English, and is interesting and valuable as identifying and describing many of the places mentioned. Winthrop and the records of the federal commissioners set out pretty fully the relations with the English colonies. NEW FRANCE AND ACADIA