Document: Resolution appointing the first Wednesday of each month to be a prayer and fast day

24 March 1653, Friday.At a meeting of the director-general and council it was resolved and decided that a general day of fast and prayer be held on the first Wednesday of every month beginning in April and continued until further orders.

Michiel Jansen, plaintiff - Brant Aertsen Slechtenhorst: the petitioner is ordered to verify the declaration of expenses specifically and to furnish copies of it to his opponents in order that it may be, according to the ordinance, reviewed and valued by commissioners; in the meantime, the attachment placed on the planks will remain in effect.

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