Document: Answer to Augustyn Heerman that La Garce was captured after the peace and is not a prize

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0024
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Answer. The vessel having been captured long after the conclusion of the peace, was not declared a prize.

Document Date
1656-06-19
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1656-06-19
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Having read the foregoing petition and after discussion thereon, the following response was issued: The La Garce was claimed as a prize anno 1650, long after the conclusion of peace; because it was taken contrary to treaty, it can therefore not be declared as a prize. Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 19th of June 1656.

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 8.

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From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0024.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the
New Netherland Institute website.

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Augustyn Heerman
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