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Letter from the Directors in Amsterdam to the Director General and Council
The 5th of January 1658.
Honorable, Prudent, Beloved, Faithful.
By the ships St. Jan Baptista and the Gulden Otter we have sent your honors our general letter and attachments relating thereto, so that this shall only serve as a cover for the accompanying printed placards mentioned in the aforesaid letter, together with the manifests and lists of private goods as well as free people loaded aboard and going over with the ship the Yserdraetvat; [1] all of which can be of service to your honors as is appropriate. Herewith,
Honorable, Prudent, Beloved, Faithful, we commend your honors to God's protection and remain your honors' good friends, the directors of the West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, the 5th of January 1658.
[ ADDRESSED: ]
To the director general and councilors of New Netherland.
[ REVERSE: ]
Received with the Draatvadt
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