Document: Order to the skipper of the ship New Amsterdam to receive two seamen who had been in the expedition against the Swedes

4 November

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Whereas the bearers of this, Willem Berckman and Hendrick Berck, pursuant to the orders and resolution of the director general and councilors that each ship should furnish two men for the southern expedition, and as the aforesaid persons participated in the said expedition, and according to orders also assisted in its execution; therefore, as they now complain that they have be kept off the ship N. Amsterdam, the skipper is hereby ordered either to admit them back on the ship or to pay out their monthly wages here until their arrival from the South River, being the 25th of October. Ady ut supra. (Was signed:) P. Stuyvesant.

Pieter Dircksen answers that the aforesaid persons went ashore without the consent or notice of the skipper, and placed themselves in the service of the honorable lord director for the venture; and he is not inclined, without proper legal procedures, [ ] because he had to hire other people [ ] and therefore [ ] desire them [ ] ship. Ady ut supra. N. Amsterdam. (Was signed:) skipper Pieter Dircksz Waterhont.

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