These guns were transferred to Commissary Keyser with instructions to sell them to the Dutch who were unprovided with arms, so that they might, in the hour of need,

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have wherewith to defend themselves. If there v^ere any more guns in the ship, 'twas without the Director's knowledge. The Fiscal whose business it was, should have seen to it, and inspect the vessel and these accusers are bound to prove connivance and neglect of ;

proper inspection. Jacob Reynsen and Jacob Schermerhoorn are petty traders, natives of Waterland one of ;

them -- Jacob Schermerhoorn -- resided at Fort Orange and Jacob Reynties at Fort Amsterdam ;

the latter purchased powder, lead, guns and salt and sent them up to Schermerhoorn who disposed of them to the Indians. So it happened that Goert Barent, the Company's corporal who had charge of whatever of the Company's arms required to be repaired or cleaned, sold guns, locks, barrels, &c., to Jacob Reynties aforesaid as can be proved by his own confession ;

contained in letters written to his partner long ere this transaction came to light, and by the information of the corporal. Seduced by Jacob Reynties' solicitation, the corporal sold him arms as often as he applied for them, though the former was well aware that the guns and barrels were the property of the Company and not of the corporal. A parcel of peltries was therefore confiscated, as may be seen in the accounts most of those furs having, as ;