Translation
Order rejecting a petition of Joris van Vorst
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[ ] that the dispute [ ] whereby questions [ ] recommended as follows:
[ ] is ordered to return to his master [ ] and to perform service for the same according to his contract. Concerning the petitioner’s complaint that he [ ] the [ ] as it was sincerely done according to the urgency of the matter; in the meanwhile, without prejudice to his master, the petitoner may, until further order, seek his board[ ] New Netherland, provided that security be posted against loss and damage by his master.
Thus done at the session held in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, ady ut supra. Present: the honorable lord Sille, the lord Montagne and the lord fiscal Tienhoven.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 6, Council Minutes, 1655-1656 (Syracuse: 1995). A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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