Translation
Answer to Augustyn Heerman that La Garce was captured after the peace and is not a prize
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Having read the foregoing petition and after discussion thereon, the following response was issued: The La Garce was claimed as a prize anno 1650, long after the conclusion of peace; because it was taken contrary to treaty, it can therefore not be declared as a prize. Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 19th of June 1656.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., & Venema, J. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 8, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press: 2018.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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