Document: Director General Stuyvesant to Hempstead

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1810-78_V11_15b

Description

New Amsterdam. Letter. Director Stuyvesant to the town of Hempstead, in regard to the above mentioned deputies. [1649]

Document Date

1649-03-20

Document Date (Date Type)

1649-03-20

Document Type

Letter

Document Type Unlinked

Letter

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Translation

[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 ]

Translation Superscripts

[1]: Missing portions supplied from NYCD, 14: 110.

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/A1810/NYSA_A1810-78_V11_15b.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translated in: Correspondence, 1647-1653, trans. and ed. Charles T. Gehring ("New Netherland Documents Series") (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000).

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.