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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 269 (part 5)

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[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] At present we are nothing more than ciphers and esteemed as a scoff, and Stuyvesant moreover threatens us with utter ruin, for which purpose he applies every means, and we already behold with pain its approach from a distance. This, it appears, will be the end and reward of our honest labor for the public good, unless God and their High Mightinesses otherwise seasonably provide, as we, nevertheless, hope and trust they will. We have, among other things, submitted to the Director and Council on the 12"" of this month, pursuant to our