Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 22 July 1647

Appointment. Rev. Johannes Backerius to be minister of New Amsterdam. [1647];Minute. That Messrs. Kuyter and Melyn had nothing further to offer respecting the letter they had sent to the W. I. Company. [1647];Appointment. Hon. Mr. Dincklage, to be president of the ordinary court, assisted by some of the company's principal officers, reserving to the director-general the right to preside therein on important cases. [1647]