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Agreement between the fiscal and Thomas Willett concerning payment of duties

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[several lines lost] de Sille who at the [      ] is ordered [      ] hogsheads, pots, and cans [      ] to have [      ] petitioners out of the warehouse and as protector of the law to inform himself about the wines, whether the matter is true, as we are informed that the skipper had declared before the court of this city that the impounded wines were not his, but the city of Amsterdam’s wines, given to him as ship’s provisions; this being so as the skipper says, then the wines should be sent to lord Alrichs, or it being found otherwise, as the petitioners claim here that it is the voeringh of a boatswain, then to have it delivered to them. Dated 3 May 1657.[1]

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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.