26, 1782)  iu  favor  of  receiving  the  American  am-
bassador. On  April  4  Zealand  adhered  ;  Over-
yssel  on  the  5th,  Groningen  on  the  9th,  Utrecht
on  the  10th,  and  Guelderland  on  the  17th.  On
the  19th  of  April,  the  annivei-saiy  of  the  affair
at  Lexington,  their  high-mightinesses  the  States-
General,  representing  the  nnaninious  decision
of  the  lower  provinces,  resolved  that  Air.  Adams
shonld  be  received.  So  it  Tvas  that  the  Dutch
Repnblic  was  the  second  power  on  the  earth
to  recognize  the  independence  of  the  United
States.
Holland's  Neutrality.  King  George  asked
leave  to  recruit  troops  for  his  army  iu  Holland,
and  to  obtain  from  that  repnblic  the  loan  of  its
"  Scottish  brigade."  The  ti^itions,  the  dignity,
the  principles,  and  the  policy  of  the  States-Gen-
eral forbade  compliance  with  the  request,  and  it
was  refused.  This  gave  great  offence  to  Great
Britain.  The  king  felt  that "  He  that  is  not  with
me  is  against  me."  Tbis  was  the  first  attempt
of  either  party  to  induce  Holland  to  take  part
in  the  American  war.
Hollins,  George  N.,  was  bom  at  Baltimore,
Md.,  Sept.  20,  1799,  entered  the  United  States
Navy  iu  1814,  and  assisted  in  the  defence  of  the
capital  in  August  of  that  year.  He  was  made  a
prisoner  on  board  the  President,  and  kept  so  uu-
til  the  end  of  the  war.  In  1815  he  accomp.inied
Decatur  to  the  Mediterranean.  He  became  no-
torious by  the  bombardment  of  a  town  on  the
Pacific  coast.  (See  &r^t(mm.)  Iu  1861  he  left
the  navy  and  joiued  the  insurgents,  and  in  the
Confederate  service  operated  on  the  Mississippi
with  " rams"  and  gunboats.     He  died  in  1867.
