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The foregoing petition, having been read at the session, has been decided, after deliberation: fiat mandament, provided that the twelve guilders be consigned to the secretary, ady ut supra.

18 January

To the honorable lords director general and high councilors of New Netherland.

Nicasius de Sille, first councilor of New Netherland, humbly makes known how he, petitioner, was solicited in July 1654, when Lieutenant Neuton vacated his office, because at that time there were no officers, except for the honorable lord director general, to supervise the military and to keep them in order; and that for seventy-five guilders quarterly, in which position the petitioner has now served until his return from the South, seeing that the aforesaid lieutenant has been employed again as quartermaster,^[i] also understanding from his wife that Domine Drisius had told her that the petitioner had only been granted it temporarily, and that my lord director general had intended it only until his honor’s return from Curaçao, and that the petitioner’s wearing of the sword was for nothing; therefore, the petitioner left it as such and expects a resolution for what was promised. In addition to this, in December 1654 the honorable lord director general departed for Curaçao etc. and was away almost a half of a year. In which time the petitioner was not able to avoid certain unexpected expenses, according to reputation, to the detriment of his purse, therefore, the petitioner is turning to your honors, requesting a resolution on his wages, both earned and promised, for his service with the military; also, an acknowledgment of his disbursed expenses. So doing etc. (Was signed:) Nicasius de Sille

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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 the New Netherland Institute website.