Translation
Notice to return all wheelbarrows belonging to the company
Warning.
Whereas it is observed that most of the wheelbarrows sent here, or which were caused to be made here at the honorable Company’s cost, are being used by some inhabitants under the pretense that the same were loaned to them, which has the effect that when one needs wheelbarrows, they are not available, but have to be looked for and gathered from various people with great trouble. Therefore, the director general and councilors of N: Netherland hereby ordain and warn that everyone who has any wheelbarrows or other materials of the Company, bring these into Fort Amsterdam in front of the office of the commissary within three days after publication hereof, on pain of 12 guilders to be forfeited by any person who after the expiration of the aforesaid time shall be found to have retained some of the Company’s wheelbarrows, for which the reporter shall enjoy 6 guilders. Dated as above.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., & Venema, J. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 8, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press: 2018.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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