Document: Director General Stuyvesant to Hempstead

[1] [ Gent: Your letter by Mr. Whitehead I recd. and what declaration your deputies made you att theyre reume I know not, only this the neuer presnted vnto mee any procuraties, from your ownes and did not see you instructions: for what myne owne hae done, if according to my instructions by them to you presented, the ] Coppie Whereof was [ lewfte with you, but this sure I am ] it was with a sincere hea[ rt to all your good, that I pfesetttecl them ] thereffife haveing discharged my duty and though you lease from the [ ] I shall with Gods asista[ nce in every respect act and doe ] for you, and all vnder my goverment, a[ s much as shall lye ] in my power for your publique good, for p[ resent and future ] tyme; and [ had ] you wrott soe much toe me [ at first I should have been ] Contented and soe should have soe proceded, that you need not ha[ ve ] troubled your selves soe muche, soe with my lo[ ving ] salutations to you I rest

Fort New Amsterdam

March the 20th (49)

Your loving Fr[ iend ]

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