Document: Order to appoint a committee of the council to inquire if the citizens would help repair the sheet piling

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NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0017c
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Order. To appoint a committee of the council to inquire how far the citizens thereabout were disposed to assist in repairing the sheet piling of the bank of the East river, New Amsterdam.

Document Date
1655-02-23
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1655-02-23
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At the session, present the honorable lords high councilors Nicasius de Sille, Jan de Lamontagne and the honorable fiscal Cornelis van Tien-hoven; the honorable burgomasters of this city of Amsterdam in New Netherland have exhibited a certain petition shown and submitted to their court by Daniel Litschoe, dated 21 February, concerning the sheeting of the bank on the East River; after deliberation it has been determined and [ ]

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[ ] are disposed [ ] ady ut supra.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0017c.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the
New Netherland Institute website.

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