Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan

“ Whereas the Director and Council of New Netherland have ascertained that there are persons here who seek to enrich themselves with the Company’s property and effects, appropriating the same to themselves as if they were their own substance, and Whereas such tends to the prejudice of the Honble Company, all persons, therefore, who have yet any property in their hands belonging to the Company, be it great or small, are warned the same to return within the space of eight days, unless they have purchased it from the former Honble Directors, without which proof no excuse shall be admitted ”

“ No person shall be at liberty to go on board of any Ships which may arrive from Sea, without express order from the Honble Director.
All Master carpenters, Overseers of Workmen and all others are expressly commanded to go to and from their work at the fixed hours, and particularly to attend to those under their charge, without any loss of time, under pain of forfeiture of their monthly wages.
Likewise, no Sailors shall refuse to perform any necessary work for the service of the Company; in case of default, they shall be punished as turbulent and seditious persons. ”

“ Thus have they not only in that Country spoiled the Company’s trade by paying more for Skins and Peltries than the Company, which they could do, being free from all burthens and charges both of freight and crews, and not having to defray the dayly expence of maintaining so many people, fortifications, and other heavy charges which the Company have to bear there, who in consequence either have received only a few Furs or have been forced to a like advance in price, but also in this country brought the Furs and Peltries into disrepute and caused them to be sold at a lower price ”