Document: Order to rev. Johannes Ernestus Gutwasser to remain In New Amsterdam until otherwise directed

Having been summoned at the meeting and having appeared, Johannes Ernestes Gutwasser, Lutheran preacher, was asked why he did not obey and observe the orders of the director general and councilors of 4 September and 16 October last year, and 16 April last. He says that upon the receipt of the first order he expects further word from the fatherland, and upon the receipt of the last [ order ] he was ill. After deliberation he is ordered to stay and remain within this city at the house of Hendrick Willemsen Backer, his present boarding house, until further order of the director general and councilors. Dated 11 November 1658.

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