Whereupon deliberation being had, it is resolved and concluded, that agreeably to the Petitioners' request the aforesaid concession shall be notified to the aforesaid Assembly of the Nineteen, or in their absence to the presiding Chamber of the said Company; and to them, the Petitioners, shall be forthwith issued, Acte ad omnes Populos, and particularly to all those who, directly or indirectly, are under the jurisdiction of this State; so that the aforementioned Petitioners, both one and the other, may enjoy the effect of their High Mightinesses' resolution and concession aforesaid. And the aforesaid Mandamus shall be enlarged, as it is hereby enlarged thus far, to wit: that the said Mandamus shall be served not only by a messenger, marshal or notary, but by such other person, whether public or private, as they, the Petitioners, jointly or severally may accept and empower.

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Passport to Messrs. Cuyter and Melyn to return to New Neiherland. [ From the Acte-ioek of the States General, in the Eoyal Arcfaires at the Hagne. ]

Act ad omnes Populos for Jocheni Pietersz Cuyter and Cornelis Melyn, inhabitants of New Netherland.

Folio 277. Tlie States General of the United Netherlands. To all those who shall see or hear these read, Health : Be it Known, Whereas, We, on the 28"" April last, did grant unto Joachim Pietersz Cuyter and Cornelis Melyn provision of appeal with the clause of inhibition (according to the Letters thereof issued) from the respective sentences which Peter Stuyvesant, Director of New Netherland, in the West Indies, with the advice of his Council, pronounced against them on the 25"" July, of the year 1647 and have, moreover, accorded and granted ;