Document: Answer of Cornelis van Tienhoven to the order of the 26th September last

[several lines lost] for response [ ] the lord director general and councilors by the court messenger on [ ] following [ ] in his hands the original manifests of the [ ] as well as the copy of the manifest sent over by the lords directors via the Otter and Blauwe Duyff, could verify what merchandise was [ ] him Tienhoven; he also would have paid the honorable lords a long time ago [ ] as far as he is aware and it may have concerned him, if according to the promise of the honorable lords directors and councilors made to him at the session just after the arrival of the aforesaid ships, the copies of the goods on the aforesaid manifests were not [ ] handed over, which I still have not received, although I have asked secretary van Ruyven repeatedly for it; therefore, he requests that the aforesaid copy be handed over, at which time Van Tienhoven is ready and willing to give information to the honorable lords on the aforesaid order as far as he is familiar with it. Amsterdam in New Netherland, 5 October 1656 (was signed) Cornelis van Tienhoven.