Document: Order to seize the reed belonging to Peter Symonsen

[several lines lost] in the fort.

Pieter Simonsen, inhabitant of the village of Gravesande, respectfully makes known that he, petitioner, recently having mowed some reed that until now has been denied no one in the meadows, continuing in dispute between the village of Gravesande and Anthony Jansen van Salee and intending to haul it home, found that Anthony Jansen had brought it home, although Anthony Jansz made no more claim this year than to be permitted to fetch the hay that had been mowed between both protruding points before 29 August according to your honors’ resolution thereon; therefore, the petitioner respectfully requests that Anthony Jansz be ordered to restore the reed to the place where it was mowed. Thus doing, (was signed)

with his own hand.

[several lines lost] granted.

The director general and councilors [ had ] certainly related that Anthony Jansz van Salee, upon his own authority, gathered the reed mowed by Pieter Symonsen, inhabitant of Gravesande, or his people in the until-now common meadows, for which Anthony Jansz is hereby prohibited and forbidden to do such or let the same happen anymore; but the aforesaid Pieter Symonsen is allowed and authorized to accept and take to his house the reed which was mowed by him or his people and brought in by Anthony Jansen; and the court messenger is ordered in the name of the director general and councilors to give notice to Anthony Jansz that he shall not leave Manhattan before and until the aforesaid reed has been restored to Pieter Symonsen. Done in Amsterdam in New Netherland. Dated as above.