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[several lines lost] has absented himself [      ] place [      ] he still continues so far, without submitting such account proofs and balances, as is proper of his administrative duties; not withstanding he has been admonished thereto at various times by the director general and councilors of New Netherland both orally and in writing, as can be seen in the register of resolutions dated 27 June, primo August, and 26 September, last past; therefore the aforesaid director general and councilors deem it highly necessary (because already many great errors and mistakes have been found and still are found daily in the books he left behind) to commission and employ some people to examine and audit in the most convenient, suitable, and best manner possible the aforesaid books of accounts left by the aforesaid Van Tienhoven (beginning with the administration of the honorable lord director general Petrus Stuyvesant until the absence of the said Tienhoven from this place) and from the same to gather together a [several lines lost] registers to [      ] errors and mistakes found in the aforesaid books, [      ] shall be found in the same through their diligence, and to remedy, to correct, and to put in such an order and form as is proper all the discovered or yet to be found faults, errors, and mistakes, and to make note of what cannot be remedied or corrected, all of which to be handed over in a proper, written report to the director general and councilors; in order to do which, and to promote such necessary work as much as possible, we hereby specially authorize, commission, and engage thereto the honorable Pieter Tonneman, provisional supplemental councilor of New Netherland, the commissary Carel Verbrugge, and Matthijs Capito, who hereby are ordered and commanded to occupy themselves with the aforesaid every work day for at least 3 to 4 hours a day with all due diligence, so that the account books of the honorable Company are cleansed of faults, errors and mistakes once and for all. Director [several lines lost]. Thus done in our session in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, dated as above.

P. Stuyvesant.

Furthermore, the aforesaid commissaries are also authorized and ordered to especially check and examine the principal books of those sent over the last time with the ship the Duyff, and to make careful note of all incorrect entries, whether any obscurity might be found or ascertained therein, to correct the same, setting the same clear and distinct, just as is lawfully warranted, if they can, or otherwise make a written report thereof for the director general and councilors [several lines lost] general and councilors, Nicasius de Sille.

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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.