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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 81 (part 3)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] He was the largest trader with the Five Nations at Albany, sent ships to both the Fast and West Indies, imported slaves from Africa, and, besides enjoying the profits of irregular commerce, shared, as has been with good reason alleged, in the gains of piratical cruises. All the time he maintained his former judicious relations with the government. He was a member of the governor's council for twenty years, extending from the administration of An-dros to that of Bellomont. He resigned from the council in 1698, in anticipation of his removal by the home government in England, which followed, in fact, not long after. This removal was the re-