Peter Stuyvesant

I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#heart #i #i am #loyal #sustained

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. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#christ #colony #deceitful #further #hateful

I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#christian #hundred #i #indians #more

It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#our #proceed #slowly #trenches

It is not the least anxiety that we have so little powder and lead on hand. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#hand #lead #least #little #powder

Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#day #force #little #march #our

The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#been #did #had #having #hoped

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. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#commissioners #design #directed #england #force

The Jews who have arrived would nearly all like to remain here. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#here #jews #like #nearly #remain

The people are grown very wild and loose in their morals. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#loose #morals #people #their #very