Document: Resolution to let the excise of the Ferry, Breuckelen, Midwout, Amesfort and adjacent places to the highest bidder

At the session it has been resolved to farm out [ ] of the ferry[1] and the villages of Breuckelen, Midwout, Amesfoort and adjacent settlements, at the first opportunity, to the highest bidder at public auction, for important reasons known to the honorable director-general and high council. Done at our session held in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, 25 November 1654; and was signed: P. Stuyvesant, N. de Sille, La Montangne, Cor. van Tienhooven.

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