Document: Order on a petition of Cornelis van Tienhoven praying to be allowed back house rent and expenses incurred by him on a mission to Rhode Island

In session, present as before.

Having received and read the petition of Cornelis van Tienhoven (note: it has been copied in its entirety in the copybook of petitions),[i] requesting that on his aforesaid account three years’ house rent ought to be written off, ƒ600 further for [ ] [ ] then to Rood Island[ii] [ ] to reclaim until 25 March 1659 [ ] from the [ ] Philip van Eynden [ ] altogether ƒ962–10–.

Upon deliberation, the following was decided: The petitioner is promised the annual sum of one hundred-fifty guilders for house rent; the additional request is referred, for the sake of consistency, to the discretion of the honorable lords directors. Dated as above.