People have been here now so long, and would beat every bush ; yet not a thing No reeuiation has had been done concerning weights and measures or the like, previous to the dueed '"'respecTn'J 23^ July, of the year 1649, at which time the people were notified that an order " sures; q^ the subject would be issued the ensuing August, which the Fiscal would then (33) enforce -- this was as much as to say: "Water the pigeons." Much

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discontent and division also frequently prevail among the people in regard to the weights and measures ; and as these were never stamped, there can be no uniformity. The belief likewise obtains, that some, whose consciences are large, have two sets of them, but we cannot affirm the fact. The Company's grain measure has always been suspected but who dare say •' 'J so ? The payment ; r J in norrrspeoiingwamthough aoliei- p,,^^ Wampum, which is the currency here, has never been placed on a sure '«''• footing, although the Select men requested it, and showed how it could be done, and added conclusive reasons in support thereof. But it has always been misconceived and distasteful. And when any thing was said to the Director on these and similar subjects, more than pleased him, a great deal of ill and spiteful Stuyvesant berates language was received ; even those who were officially brought to speak, with Ihe principal mcu among the people him of such things, if he were not in good humor, were berated as rascals, bear skinners, &c. The Fort under which people ^ ^ will take shelter, and from which, it seems, all The iike a mole heap, and ' ' fort is all