Document: Order granting George Woolsey's petition

The foregoing petition, having been taken up, read, and considered in session, has been decided after due deliberation as follows: [several lines lost] and that not longer [ ] business in the aforesaid house [ ] that neither by him nor by [ ] this special permission for [ ] one year [ ] no conclusions be drawn, because the director general and councilors can for certain reasons not admit tappers’ trade there. Thus done in session, dated as above.

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