Translation
Order permitting Richard Brudenell to resume possession of the land he sold to Robert Clercq
and all whom it may concern a copy hereof, authenticated in debita forma. Done at New Amsterdam in New Netherland, 27 October 1654; and was signed: P. Stuyvesant, N. de Sille, La Montangne, Cor. van Thienhooven.
At the session, present: the honorable director-general, Petrus Stuyvesant, Mr. Nicasius de Sille, Mr. La Montangne and the fiscal, Thienhooven; upon a petition submitted by Ritchert Bridenel, copied in the Book of Petitions, folio [ left blank ],[221] it is ordered that the petitioner be granted permission to take possession again of the land sold by him to Robbert Clercq, provided that he deposit in the hands of the fiscal, Cornelis van Thienhooven, the f220 which he received for it. Done at New Amsterdam, 28 October 1654.
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Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 5, Council Minutes, 1652-1654 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1983).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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