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In a full assembly of the States General the 20th ultimo, it was resolved, that orders be issued from the Admiralty Board of their High Mightinesses the States General, to the Sieur Van Stort, Vice-Admiral of the Dutch squadron in the West-Indies, instructing him to give orders to all persons under him, to their utmost power to seize and destroy all ammunition, stores, and provisions, which may be found
"Ordered, that these resolutions be made known to his Excellency Mr˙ York, the British Minister to the States; and also a copy of the same be sent to the Dutch Resident at London."
Extract of a Letter From the Hague, Dated June 29, 1775
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in any ship or ships bound from any of the Dutch settlements in that quarter, or on board Dutch ships from any quarter, which are bound to any port in the English American Colonies, except such as are consigned either to the Governours of New-England, Philadelphia, New-York, Halifax, or Virginia; and that such captures shall be considered as lawful prizes, and be shared among the officers and crews of those vessels concerned in taking them, the same as those who are enemies to the States, but that the crews (the captain, his chief mate, and supercargo, if any, excepted) be landed on the nearest Dominion of Great Britain, where such capture is made. Resolved, also, that Sieur Van Start make this known in every Dutch port or harbour where he may touch.