Document: Order for the erection of a new fence for Jan Vinge at the public expense

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Also, that the return [ cargo ], which we might acquire in the West Indies, such as salt, wood, horses, indigo, cotton, ginger and other fruits of the land, shall be exempt from any duties or tolls whether as an export or an import [ item ] of a place or places under your honor's command. Done at New Amsterdam in New Netherland, 26 November 1654; and was signed P. L. vander Grift, Corn. Schutt, Allard Anthony, Govert Loockermans, Cornelis Steenwyck.The goods and merchandise, [ which are products of either nature or industry ] in the West Indies, shall be exempt from all import duties here for this first voyage and venture. Thus done in New Amsterdam, 26 November 1654; below was written: By order of the honorable director-general and high council; and was signed: Cornelis van Ruyven, secretary.

At the session Jan Vinge submitted a petition (copied in the "Book of Petitions," folio [ blank ])[221] upon which it was decided as follows: The director-general and council find the petition to be meritorious; therefore, Mr. Nicasius de Sille and Fiscal van Thienhooven are hereby ordered, on behalf of the petitioner, to contract out for a new fence and to have it erected at the expense of the government. Done at the session held in New Amsterdam, 23 November 1654; present: Director-General P. Stuyvesant, Mr. Nicasius de Sille, La Montangne and the honorable fiscal, Cornelis van Thienhooven.