Document: Ordinance against making advances to soldiers on their clothes or accoutrements or purchasing such articles

The director general as captain of his company hereby lets each and everyone know and be warned, whatever his name, nationality, or capacity might be, that no one shall undertake to loan or borrow something on soldier’s clothing or weapons, or pawn or buy the same, on penalty of fifty guilders fine above the penalty of whatever he borrowed, loaned and paid for it; with a third of the fine going to the informer, the two-thirds to the benefit of the officers and soldiers in general. Everyone be hereby warned against loss, and pass this on to each and every one. Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland. Dated 3 June 1656.

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