Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 26-28 May 1648

Pardon. Of Hans Hansen, for 14 years a respectable resident in New Amsterdam, on a charge of having aided in smuggling, on condition that he beg pardon of God and the court. [1648];Minute. Of the arrest of Joost de Backer and Jacob Reynsen, and the seizure of their goods, on a charge of having purchased guns and gun locks from the company's smith. [1648]