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Letter from the Directors in Amsterdam to the Director General and Council
The 19th of September 1657.[1]
Honorable, Prudent, Beloved, Faithful. After our general letter[2] was sealed and already sent off we resolved also to send to your honor by this ship, the Wasbleecker, some goods and necessities required for the soldiers: russet, English caps, shirts, stockings, and shoes (as can be seen in the accompanying manifest)[3], sothat they can be provided for to some extent against the winter. Your honor is herewith advised to distribute the same according to the most utility and to those most in need.
Honorable, Prudent, Beloved, Faithful, commending your honor to God's blessed protection, remaining,
Amsterdam, 19 September 1657.
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To the Lords Petrus Stuyvesant, director general, and councilors in New Netherland.