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ORDER by the directors in Amsterdam prohibiting the sale of dyewood at Curaçao for thirty months

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Extract out of the letter from the honorable lords-directors at the chamber of Amsterdam, date 26 March 1658, to the vice-director Matthias Beck on the island of Curaçao.

The dyewood sent over by your honor[1] with the Vogelstruys and St. Pieter has been sold by us on contract with the condition that we sell no other dyewood within the space of 30 months; and whereas we are endeavoring to avoid any dispute which might arise from it in one way or the other, therefore, we resolved herewith to recommend and earnestly instruct that your honor not sell, trade or have shipped to Nieuw Nederlandt, the Caribbean or elsewhere any dyewood, in large or small amounts, until further instructions from us, unless [ it is sent ] directly to us. Whereupon we shall rely.

After comparison this has been found to agree with the original.1

L. van Ruyven

Notes

The original letter from which this was extracted has not survived.

References

Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., Curaçao Papers, 1640-1665 (New Netherland Research Center and the New Netherland Institute: 2011).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.