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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 52

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[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Received 1 May, 163JJ. Govert Brasser. West India Company to the States General. [ From the Original in the Eoyal ArchiTes at the Hague; f'ile, TI*«rt Indie. \ To the High and Mighty Lords States General of the United Netherlands. High and Mighty Lords. We have heretofore complained to your High Mightinesses that our ship the Eendracht, coming from New Netherland, laden with peltries, &c., was detained at Plymouth by his Majesty's command, under pretence that our people had traded in countries claimed to belong to his aforesaid Majesty. ' Boswell. — Ed. HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: I. 51 Whereupon your High Mightinesses were pleased to instruct your Ambassador and Commissioner to prosecute, vigorously, the discharge of the said ship and goods. Now, we have received a letter signed by Your High Mightinesses' Ambassador and