Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 1 August 1648

Proposition submitted by the honorable Director General to the Council

In council, being seen the petition of respectable burghers residing in this city of New Amsterdam; also the petition and conduct of Jacob Reynsen and Jacob Jansen Schermerhoorn, in regard to certain [ sentence of ] banishment recently imposed upon them for trading in contraband wares, the honorable director general and council of New Netherland have, therefore, graciously remitted said banishment to said Jacob Beynsen and Schermerhoorn and declare them henceforth capable of going, coming and returning here as other respectable persons are permitted to do. Thus done in Fort Amsterdam, the first of August anno 1648. Present: the honorable general, Mr. Dincklage, La Montangne, B. Nuton, P: Leendersz and Adriaen Keyser.