Document: Petition from Oysterbay

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NYSA_A1810-78_V12_53a

Description

Oysterbay. Letter. Peter Wright, Daniel Whytehead and others, to director Stuyvesant, requesting him to make out his title to Oysterbay, or free them from the claim made by Gov. Eaton on the part of New Haven. [1657]

Document Date

1657-01-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-01-23

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Letter

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Translation

Honered Syr.

Synce youre last beeinge att Oysterbay, wee have reseued Nether Lyne nor Leter from you, wee dout not but you styll beare in Mynd the proposyshons then mayd, namly, that yould ether make oute the Ryght and Tytele of the place to be youres or give vs vnder youre hand to free vs from Insuing Damage of a Leter sent from gouemor Eyeton whych leter was produced and parvsed by Mytr. Leveryge at youre being there, and since that tyme wee have Reseued noe more it is not oure desyre to Lyue from vnder gouerment if therefore it may In meshure stand wyth your worshypes pleshure to manifest what you Intend Concemyng the playce wee shall wyth awyllinge Redines atend your worshype wyth our ansyuers soe not further to Trubele atpresent wee humbly take our leaues and Reste youre Ever loueinge frendes

From Oysterbay the 23rd of January 1657.

[ ADDRESSED: ] To the Ryght worshypfull Peater Steauensant dyrktor gouemer of the Newnetherlandes these present.

[ ENDORSED: ] Oysterbay to the Gov. Stuyvesant Jan. 1657.

Thomas Armatag
Peter Wright
Nicholas Wright
Anthony Wright
Daniell Whythead
Roberd Wylliames
Nycklas Symson
John Dickenson

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_V12_53a.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.