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Appointment of Wessel Gerritsen and Pieter Lourissen to be pilots to the expedition against the Swedes

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It has been deemed necessary by the honorable director general and council of New Netherland to employ some persons, who are well versed in and have pertinent knowledge of the banks, depths and shoals in as well as about the South River, to employ them as pilots, for which have been considered fit Wessel Gerritsen and Pieter Lourissen, as having both sailed to and from there for a long time; which persons having been summoned before the council, they were made acquainted herewith and they hired themselves out to the honorable director general for the service of the company, and each agreed to 3 guilders per day.

Ady ut supra. 28 August 1655.

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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 theĀ New Netherland Institute website.