Document: Order staying the creditors of Reynier Wisselpenningh's deceased wife from suing him for the space of three years

The director-general and council of New Netherland, having seriously considered the well-known reasons of the petitioner which are put forth in detail in his request, grant the petitioner hereby that the creditors of his deceased wife not be allowed to collect from him, the petitioner, for a period of three consecutive years, the debts incurred by her first husband, Symon Roott; provided that the petitioner, in the meantime, do his best and consider means to be able to satisfy the aforesaid creditors or to come to an agreement according to the law. Thus done under our usual hand and seal in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, 6 November 1654; and was signed: P. Stuyvesant, N. de Sille, La Montangne.