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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 296 (part 2)

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[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] As regards justice, militia, the dignity and rights of the Hon'"'* Company, he did not hesitate to transact a great deal of business in the name of the Director and Council without the Deputy's advice or mine, and in matters wherein I was recognized, which only seldom happened, his Honor was pleased frequently to burst into a violent rage both against the Deputy and ine, if we in our advice did not fall in with his humor, scolding and berating us in open Court, in the hearing of all the contending parties and applicants both within and without the Council Chamber, as rogues and robbers of the