Document: Letter from Governor William Bradford of New Plymouth to Petrus Stuyvesant

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NYSA_A1810-78_V11_03a

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Boston. Letter. William Bradford, governor of New Plymouth, to director Stuyvesant; congratulates his arrival; Thomas Willet and William Paddie recommended, &c. [1647]

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1647-08-03

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1647-08-03

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Letter

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[ ] & propertie to yourself in [ ]

[ ] & flowrish in all peace & welfare.

[ ] & heartie wishes are that all peace & good agremt. may still be preserved [ ] of these partes & yourselfe

& that all due meanes may be attended unto on all [ ] not wanting on ay inst. occasion; and whereas some of ours [ ] [ ] Will. Paddie have heretofore followed some trade & dealing in [ ] request is on theyre behalfe that your wor: would be pleased to shew them all [ ] as theyre affaires may require & if through errour or ouersight they fall into any [ ] you would be pleased to shew them what fauour & indulgence you may and afforde [ ] theyre Cause may require, for which your loue both I and they shall [ ] much [ ] uppon any fitt ocassion to shew our thanfulnes asks to doe the like to any of yours.

[ ] I understand (by them) of a heauy imposition that lies uppon all Commodities bought & sould [ ] of your honors are such such as that unawarres they may easilie insurree danger therrby [ ] on theyre behalfe) that you will please to moderate therrof in the execution of the same [ ] fauour as you may that they may Carrie on theyre trade with as much freedom & saufetie as in the[ ] worthy predesessor of which your good will & fauour towards them I doube not. Thus with my loue [ ] respects I commend you to the protection of the most high & rest, Boston Aug. 3d (47) st vet:

Yours in my office & seruice of loue [ ] my power

William Bradford 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 36, page 1.

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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_03a.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.