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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 179 (part 2)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Director Kieft promised that it siiould continue only until the arrival of a Company's ship, a new Director, or until the end of the war. And though all The beer excise was nearly doubted this, and it was not agreed to, yet he introduced it by force. The iutroduced by force. "^ i i i ■ j • ■ i j beer belonging to the brewers who would not consent to an excise, was distributed among the soldiers as a prize, and so it has continued; but it has produced great strife and discontent; for from that time forward the Director endeavored to