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Letter from the Prince of Orange to Petrus Stuyvesant
[1] [ The Prince of Orange ]
[Honorable, Purdent, Discreet, Dear Sir.
You will] receive [ by the bearers hereof Jochem Pietersen Cuyter and Cornelis Melyn, the commands, which their High: ] Might: the States General have concluded to issue to you, directing you to allow these men to enjoy their property there free [ and unmolested by virtue of ] the provisional appeal, granted to them by their High: Might: [ with the clause ] suspending the sentence [ passed ] over them by you [ on the 25th of ] July 1647. [ Although I do not ] doubt, that you will obey and respect [ these orders, ] yet I desire hereby to admonish you very earnestly and advise you expressly, that you allow these men to enjoy quietly and without contradiction the result of the resolution passed by their High: Might:.
Herewith etc
At s'Gravenhage,
May 19th 1648.
To the Honorable Prudent, Discreet, Our Dear and Special Friend Petrus Stuyvesant
Director of New Netherland.
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