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GRANT OF LAND on Curaçao to Joseph Nunes de Fonseca by the West India Company
The directors of the General Chartered West India Company in the chamber at Amsterdam, to all who shall see or hear this read, greetings. Let it be known that they have consented and granted to Joseph Nunes de Fonseca alias Davit Nassi and partners, as they hereby consent and grant that the same shall be allowed to establish a colony on the island of Curaçao within the limits of the district of the aforesaid Company, pursuant to and in conformity with the conditions made especially for this. Therefore, we order, summon and request each and everyone who may be concerned in any way with this that they in no way hinder the aforesaid Joseph Nunes de Fonseca and partners therein, but rather extend to them all help, favor and assistance which may be necessary, because we have decided it to be of service to the Company. Thus done at our session in Amsterdam, this 22nd of February 1652.