One written statement made early in his tenure in May 1649 showed Endecott's dislike of a fashionable trend toward long hair: "Forasmuch as the wearing of long haire after the manner of Ruffians and barbarous Indians, hath begun to invade new England contrary to the rule of gods word ...
Ein schriftlich festgehaltene Aussage aus dem Mai 1649 veranschaulicht Endecotts Ablehnung gegenüber dem damaligen Modetrend zu langem Haar: „Forasmuch as the wearing of long haire after the manner of Ruffians and barbarous Indians, hath begun to invade new England contrary to the rule of gods word ...