Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 8-15 April 1638

Appointment of Dr. Johannes La Montagne to be member of the council; Resolution that the cattle on bouwery No. 1, belonging to W. van Twiller shall be at his disposal, but not to be removed from Manhattan island; Appointment of Adriaen Dircksen as pilot and Jan Symensen assistant pilot; Permission to remove cattle from bouweries Nos. 4, 5, 6, but not from Manhattan island. [1638];Order on petition of Jacob Planck, sheriff of Rensselaerswyck, refusing him permission to remove horses thither, as there are no cattle on Manhattan island, except on Van Twiller's bouwery. [1638]