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The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I — Passage 87 (part 2)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] Oliver Cromwell about this time called on all the Colonies to assist in an expedi-tion against the Dutch at Manhadoes, particularly New Haven and Connecticut who were nighest the Dutch. Major Sedgewick of Massachusetts was to have the command of the men that were to be sent from each Colony in a certain proportion. The following extract from the E. Hampton records probably refers to this : —