The States-General (bicameral legislature) of the United Netherlands, grants to former Mayor Gerrit Jacobz Witssen, of Amsterdam, and twelve Dutch merchants a monopoly on trade between Africa, America and the United Netherlands.
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References:
Avalon Project – Grant of Exclusive Trade to New Netherland by the States-General of the United Netherlands; October 11, 1614
avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/charter_011.asp
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