Document: Pardon of Martin Claesen, carpenter

[several lines lost] consider [ ] Marten Clasz from [ ] Clasz [ absented ] himself from the Company’s [ ] service for a while, without [ being given ] permission for it, for which he would deserve some punishment; but hoping for improvement and more diligence, his mistake is hereby pardoned and forgiven, on the condition that on presentation hereof he shall report at Fort Amsterdam and work for two months in the service of the Company, and do whatever he is ordered by the lord director general or by someone who has his orders. Thus done and given in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland the 4th of April 1658.

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