Document: Letter from gov. Colve to schout Ogden

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NYSA_A1881-78_V23_0118b
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Letter from gov. Colve to schout Ogden

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1673-10-14
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1673-10-14
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Mr John Ogden.Yesterday I sent You the Instructions bij ije waij of New Worke since that time I Received yours of ye 29th of September last and Vnderstood out of ye same ye proceedings of ijour people with ye Indians of weh I do wel approve and according to your desire I wil alsoo Endeavour that Satisfaction maij be given by ye Indians to ye owners to weh End I have once more thought fit that ye Indian Sachem be summoned to appeare before me to give me satisfaction about it and that ye Messenger doth signify to him that I do much wonder that all ye Cheife Sachems hereabouts as also those of ye Mohacks have bene here to present themselves unto me and that he onlij Remains Defective therein wherefore I would willingly Speake with him to know ye Reason; and that I promise him & his Company freely to Passe & Repas without any Molestation you may alsoo give Order what goods he hath Tendred or yett shall tender to Restore ye people maij Receive from him and lett an acct be sent me what ye losse maij be of ye goods weh still are wanting You are also Required to send hether bij ye first opportunity the armes & other goods according to Inventorij formerlij belonging to ye Late Gouvernors Cartrett and to Cause this Inclosed order of arrest to be published in your Severall Townes and to order ye severall Clarkes to returne an acct thereof unto you for to be presented unto me, And lett Mr Hopkins Examin uppon what Conditions ye Tennants are Seated uppon the plantations of Captain Carterett and acct thereof Returned unto me; not Else at Present but that I am,

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Translation: O'Callaghan, E.B., trans./ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, vol. 2 (Albany: Weed, Parsons: 1858), pp. 569-730 (vol. 23, pp. 1-270 only).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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