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

Peter Stuyvesant

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Peter Stuyvesant
Age: 60 †
Born: 1612
Born: January 1
Died: 1672
Died: January 1
Political Figure
Politician
Peg Leg Pete
Old Silver Nails
Attack
Legs
Succeed
Loss
Small
Impediment
Wells
Impediments
Well
Afterlife
Right
Hoped

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