Document: Director General Stuyvesant to Governor Endicott

[1]this following letter was directed

To the Right Worthy John Endecot Esquire Governor of Boston.

Honoured sir

I suppose you are not ignorant of the passages of loveing and mutua[ ll Correspondencie between your predecessor ] (of very worthy rilemorie) and my selfe, & being desirous of the Contin[ uation thereof with all friendlie and ] neighbourlie offices betwene your Collonie & us heere, I could doe [ no lesse but present my respective ] and friendlie salutations vnto you, & to Congratulate and reioyce that our [ neighbours there have ] Chosen soe worthy & prudent a successour, & therefore doubt not but you will imitat[ e soe faire a patteme as that ] of your predecessour, in your indeavouring to maintaine all possible waies of loue and amitye [ with your neighbours ] and shall therefore tender to your wise Consideration the generall rumour that runnes [ heere of your Countriemens ] there to settle a Considerable Company in the sowth river Called De le war [ baye, a place we not ] only pretend unto, but have lawfull right [ unto by law ]full Commission from our S[ tates-Generall, and ] lawfull purchase from the natiues, & therefore [ ac ]cording to my order from them [ must indeauour ] and hope (if any thing should fall oute otherw[ ise then ] they expect from me, [ (in case they prosecute it) they will ] not impute unto me as the beginner of any [ troubles heere, ] but theyre [ owne wilfulness, the which I thought ] good to giue you information of desiring you will please to honour me with [ a line or two from your selfe ] aboute it, I shall for present take my leave and rest,

Gravesand in New NetherlandsJune the [ blank ]

Pet: Styvesant

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