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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 380

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[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] the West India Company, as duty, according to the specification in the subjoined For 100 guilders Duflels 2J pieces, Table. Convoy; 8 stivers each with i advance. Duty, @^ 12 per cent, In New Netherland 4 per cent fl.4 light money, to wit : the rix dollar @^ 03 stivers,. For 100 guilders, Blankets 28, i ^""^"^ ^' "^°^^' '^''^ ^'^^^»^^' [ Duty (aX 12 per cent, N. B. The duffels and blankets aforesaid, pay in addition to the convoy, a duty of 12 per cent to the said Company, Chamber at Amsterdam. All the following goods 6 per cent, but with a heavier rate of convoy. f shirts, stockings, shoes, pedlars'"! Convoy 4 stivers per pound flem-