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Sentence of William Mosgrou

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and [ blessing ], and remain your honors' friend and neighbor; was signed: P. Stuyvesant; dated: 26 October 1654.[158]

Whereas Willem Mosgrou lived for some years on Long Island in the Walloon quarter[159] and then in Gravesande where there were constant rumors that he shot, carried away and ate other people's hogs; consequently he was forced to leave there and came to live on Manhattan Island. Before his arrival, there were few if any complaints by the husbandmen and farmers

Notes

Although not addressed, this letter was presumably intended for the governor and council of Connecticut.
i.e., de Wale quartier, probably the Wallabout Bay area of Brooklyn.

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.