Document: Letter from William Beeckman to director Stuyvesant

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NYSA_A1878-78_V19_0002

Description

Letter. William Beeckman to director Stuyvesant; arrival of capt. Woeler (Wheeler?), a fugitive Quaker from Maryland; manifests no respect to the vice-director, as such is contrary to his conscience; no such sect will be tolerated; great excitement in Maryland between Protestants and Catholics; many beheaded and several hanged and quartered in England; more than 1,000 reformed ministers in prison there, because they will not conform to the Catholic religion, &c.; Fins emigrating to Maryland.

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Letter

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Translation

For a complete translation see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1878/NYSA_A1878-78_V19_0002.xml

Translations are created by Charles Gehring with assistance from the New Netherland Institute, Copyright to the translations is held by the Holland Society of New York. The translations are hosted online by the New York State Archives.