Document: Order to receive certain duties on tobacco in Wampum at 10 guilders for one beaver

[several lines lost] private account [ ] and whereas they had no beavers to pay the recognition fee, as one ought to, they offered to satisfy the same with sewant.

Having deliberated thereon, the provisional receiver is ordered to accept from the aforesaid sailors and other people of poor means, who have no beavers for the recognition fee on tobacco, well strung sewant, provided that 10 guilders in sewant is received for one beaver. Dated as above.

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