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Petition of Daniel Wittheat and Jonas Wood of Hempstead

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[  First several lines are lost.  ]
[      ] not to write [      ] of the village [      ] that it was found on the [      ] when Mr. Gildersleef was nominated [      ] to be satisfied [      ]

[      ] meeting [      ] the honorable director-general [      ] asking what he desired. [      ] that he was detained here and [      ] [      ] understood to be a reply [      ] the order and judgment by the [      ] he gives courage to reply [      ] nor to have been unwilling [      ] to obey the order of the honorable director.

[  Paragraph of three lines is canceled.  ] [1]

Notes

The canceling marks on this paragraph have made it impossible to read and translate.

References

Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 5, Council Minutes, 1652-1654 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1983).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.