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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 94

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[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Seal after tlie Restoration, which he had been instrumental in bringing about, and died in 1662. Saybrook, in Connecticut, derives the first part of its name from this nobleman. The latter part from Lord Brook, afterwards a Parliamentary general, and killed at Litchfield in 1742. — Ed. 128 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. the said complainants have spoken very menacingly and said : — If the matter be not arranged, our people will be, within the year, expelled from the quarter whence the complaints proceeded. The Directors of the West India Company have cognizance of the aforesaid complaints. On the xxiii. instant, I communicated to my Lord Seie above mentioned, information relative to the aforesaid memorial, copy whereof goes herewith. He requested that letters be written to the Dutch who are in New Netherland, to the end that our people, who have been complained of, may comport themselves in a peaceable and friendly manner with the English. I doubt if he hath correctly seized the meaning of the English. The Mayor of London is still in the Tower. He cannot be prevailed on to name a Deputy to fill his place in the City. It is said there is no precedent for the appointment of a Deputy to a Mayor, except he be sick, or not in his proper mind. Herewith commending myself humbly to your High Mightinesses, I pray God, High and Mighty Lords, that He may bless your High Mightinesses' government more and more. Your High Mightinesses' most humble servant,