Document: Order on the petition of Allard Anthony for restitution of some property confiscated in 1650

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Having read at the session the petition of Allard Antony requesting restitution of some confiscated goods that arrived here in the year 1650 with the small ship de Nieu Neerlantse Fortuyn, according to the resolution of the lords directors dated 19 February 1652, as appears in more detail in the petition copied on folio [blank], after deliberation it has been decided as follows: The petitioner well aware of the Company’s troubles here in this country, which cannot grant any satisfaction now on his petition; nevertheless, he or his superiors shall be satisfied in due time by means of the honorable director general and councils requesting of the honorable lords directors by letter that the petitioner or his superiors at Amsterdam be given a discount in the recognition fees there, as shall be done for the petitioner here, for himself or for his superiors.

Thus done at the session of the honorable director general and councilors held at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, ady ut supra. 20 October 1655.

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