Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesantserved as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPublic Servant
powder provisions relief terms
Powder and provisions failing, and no relief or reinforcement being expected, we were necessitated to come to terms with the enemy.
altogether annual petitions powder repeated tedious three
It would be altogether too tedious to insert here all the annual petitions for powder which were sometimes repeated two or three times a year.
proceed
It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches.
design directed force imagined rather reform warlike
The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England.
remain
The Jews who have arrived would nearly all like to remain here.
youth instruction importance
Nothing is of greater importance than the right early instruction of youth.
hands anxiety littles
It is not the least anxiety that we have so little powder and lead on hand.
christian blood hundred
I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.
littles tomorrow march
Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after.
race names enemy
We pray that the deceitful race - such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ - be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony.
loss afterlife legs
The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg.
patience speech bears
Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear.