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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 232 (part 12)

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[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Mynheer Dincklagen, hath protested against it, but they heed it not, and treat him with harsh words. When he spoke in behalf of the interests of the Company and the Country, Sluyvesant said, he should not sit wiih him, that he is a fomenter of sedition, and a vagabond; and other similar tilings too numerous to be detailed here. Therefore, assistance is very much desired, for things begin to come to a crisis; we wish, then, that God would be pleased to send the delegates back quickly with business accomplished, for here matters continue so bad, as to excite murmurs against Heaven. This day, the l?"", the vessel sailed, but the wind being south, she was obliged, by the stiffness of the breeze, to come to anchor. It is so cold here, that the ink freezes in the pen. And was subscribed,