Document: Answer to the burgomasters as to what measures have been adopted by the director and council to suppress robberies by English privateers

Reply to the preceding petition:

The director-general reported to the council the verbal proposals made in his presence by the mayors and schepens: to enlist, for the purpose of suppressing the robberies by English pirates, forty men at the expense of the respective colonies, villages and settlements, costing about 1600 guilders per month; and if the money can be raised with the consent of the respective villages, the director-general and council will by virtue of their commissions proceed with the recruiting. Thus done by the director-general and council in Amsterdam, New Netherland, 23 February 1654; and was signed: P. Stuyvesant, Nicasius de Sille, C. van Werckhoven, La Montagne, Cornelis van Thienhoven.

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 5.