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Honorable Sir.
With humble Respects on behalfe of this towne of Seatawcott it may please you to make such favorable Construction as in your wisdome can be aforded our Case Considered it was not easy to draw up any other Conclusion at present then what is now Sent by your Commissioners the place wee live in of noe Such Importance as to bear eup alone against the prevailing sense of Neighbouring Townes: Wee meant no other then wee pretended in our former addresse and it may seem Neither discreet nor faire that wee should not knowe our owne minds upon which accompt there had now Come a more particular Narritive of our pretend actings but for want of time & wee were upon the dispatch of your Commissioners at the writing hereof wherefore be pleased onely at present to suspend your sensure but a few daijes, and if wee Can not come up to your demands wee may at least have your charitable opinion & Rest

	Yours to their Power
Seatawcott, Octôbr 4th, 73.	(Signed),	Nath: Brewster on the behalfe of the Rest.

Seatawcott October- 4th old stile 1673.
Att a towne Meeting then & there appointed to treate with the Commisioners sent from the honorable gouvernors at ffort William Hendrick it was Resolved;—Imprimus That the Inhabitans of the said Towne desire to perserve their aleagiance to his Maijesty of England & by noe meanes to Renounce his just Title & authority; 2dly. They are willing to Live quietly & friendly toward their Neighbouringh Townes & desire not to molest the dutch government uppon Tearmes of mutuall Security on that behalfe.
They agree to shew all Resonable Civility to the dutch Comisionors and to send up a faire answer to ye governor of ye dutch by way of apology for their not takeing the Oath in this unexpected posture of distraciôns:
Subscribed in behalf of the Towne by me;
(: Signed:) John Tooker, Secretary.

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Translation: O'Callaghan, E.B., trans./ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, vol. 2 (Albany: Weed, Parsons: 1858), pp. 569-730 (vol. 23, pp. 1-270 only).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.