Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 15 March - 19 April 1640

Ordinance. Against trespasses by goats and hogs. [1640];Court proceedings. Fiscal vs. Adriaen Pietersen, slander and assault; case continued. [1640];Resolution. To send secretary van Tienhoven to the Archipelago, to purchase all the lands thereabout; to erect the arms of the states-general; to take the Indians under Dutch protection, and to prevent further encroachments on New Netherland. [1640];Court proceedings. William Bredenbent vs. Peter Pia and Philip Gerardy; case of impounding of hogs; parties referred to the ordinance (p. 58, supra.) Abraham Rycken vs. Gysbert Rycken, action of debt; judgment for plaintiff. [1640]