Document: Letter from the director and council to those of Hempstead

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_1075

Description

Letter. Director and council to those of Hempstead, recommending them to settle for their excise (settled).

Document Date

1658-12-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1658-12-23

Document Type

Letter

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Letter

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Translation

[Lovingh friends

What us and our Councell have forced to doe this message] and [Warrant unto the magestrates

and other persons therein specifyed, you fully] may under[stand out the tenure of the mande ment these feu Lijne[s only shall serve to advys ijou (:if ijou will and can [take the good coun

sel of a friende and Governour:) that ij[ ou and the rest of ijour neighbours compose the differe[nces ] with the customer or his agent Ritchard

Bridnil other wijse I feare that it will

bread more disturbance to ijour one charge and damage, Soo after mij love I shall Rest,

the 23d of December Ao: 1658 Your well willinge friend and Governour,

P: Stuijvesant[i]

Translation Superscripts

[i]: English document; recovered text from transcription in NYCD 14:426.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V08_1075.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.