Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 8 July 1648

Permit. To Laurence, brother of John Haines, to bring merchandise to New Amsterdam from Virginia, where he resides, on payment of the duty. [1648];Examination. Of Claes Bordingh, in regard to smuggling a number of guns, in 1647, at Fort Orange. [1648];Declaration. Of Abraham Willemsen, that he purchased powder, at New Haven, from sailors of the St. Beninjo. [1648];Resolution. On a petition from the farmers on the island of Manhattan, to remit the tenths for this year. [1648]