respectfully represent that it is highly necessary J pound of powder to each man can be ill that your Honors do order a general Muster to afforded, as provision must be made for the take place once every year, under arms, on day of need, for which we must, above all condition that at the muster half a pound of things, prepare. Each Fatroon's establishment powder shall be given each man on the part must provide for its own defence. of the Company.

The petitioners respectfully request that Weshould willingly consent, but it is indirect every freeman be at liberty, once for all, opposition to superior orders, as many of the Vol. T. 26

202 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. without any one's consent, to visit, on their Company's ships will probably come here with arrival, all sliips, yachts and sloops, coming prizes, and it would create great disorder. If

here from sea, vrhether they be Dutch, application for the purpose be made, once for English or French, &c., after the fiscal shall all, to the Director or Fiscal, permission will have been on board, according to the custom be granted unless weighty objections exist. in Holland. 3.

Also, that the Council of New Netherland Letters have been sent to Holland, so that we shall from this time be rendered complete in expect to receive some persons of rank by the members, especially as tiie council of a small first ships, and thus have a complete Council. village in Fatherland consists of five @^ seven That the Commonalty should comment Schepens ; also, that from now henceforth the considerably on the smallness of the Council Director and Council do not try any criminals can well be, but we wish very much to know unless five councillors be present, inasmuch whether any one has cause tocomplain of unjust as the Commonalty talk considerably about it. decisions, and who those are who talk considerably thereof?