Document: Petition of Widow Morris complaining that the slave at the Ferry had stolen articles she had left in his charge

[several lines lost] showing how [ ] being of the mind some days ago to go over to Long Island from here, went to the house of the ferryman, Egbert van Borsum, having with her a small package with some goods. When she came to the ferryman’s Negro (who ordinarily takes the passengers over) she said, “will you keep an eye on these goods, I have to run another errand?” After running her errand she came back to the Negro and demanded her goods. The Negro denied having received any goods from her, whereupon she immediately registered a complaint about this insolent act to the lord director general. When this reached the Negro’s ear, he threatened to kill her over it.

Nota bene: the continuation that should have been placed here was misplaced next to the following.[i]