Document: Director General Stuyvesant to Governor Winthrop

[ ] of one purport and date being the 26th. [ ] I understand that through som[ ] very sorrye, In respect I [ ] writt to [ ] it some 14 dayes agoe by a ship that went [ ] is likewise, to have had some agitation with your Commissio[ ] the trade with the natives, which for present must be suspended [ ] are pleased to write Concerning the setling of a firme peace betwene [ ] has begune, allthough there hath bynne some difference in words, I hope [ ] as once thinke of warre betwene us, fore I shall not only desire but prayes [ ]respondencie betwene us and those of New haven and other places, allways p[ ] in incroaching uppon one anothers pr[ ] state they are, untill theire bee [ ] of the diference of limits of the which I intreate you will please to acqu[ ]missioners: soe having not further att present but my humble respects to your self[ ] I take leave and rest

Yours in all offices of love and service

Fort New Amsterdam in New Netherlands

August the 26th 1648. st: no:

Peter Styvesant Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source:New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, 1646-1664. Series A1810-78. Volume 11, document 80b, side 1.