Document: RESOLUTION expanding the council

Resolution drafted this 22nd of August 1644 at Fort Amsterdam on Curacao.

We, the undersigned director and regular councilors, being only four in number (because of the absence of the maritime officers), have decided to have sit with us in place of the absent sea captains, Lieutenant Jacob Scherf who came here from the Mamahon, together with our ensign, Jacob Mattijsen van Riethoven; also, to offer their feelings and judgment for the satisfaction of the honorable lords-directors, the general welfare of the island and our better justification. As acknowledgment of the truth we have signed this with our own hands on the day, year and place as stated above.

P. Stuyvesant
Jacob Loper
L. Rodenborch
Jan Jansen van Nimmegen

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