Document: Order to the fiscal to sell two slaves

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0327c
Description

Order. The fiscal to sell a negro man and woman, the one being lazy and the other a thief.

Document Date
1656-03-14
Document Date (Date Type)
1656-03-14
Document Type
Order
Minutes
Document Type Unlinked
Order
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Translation
Translation

The director general and councilors of New Netherland having heard the complaint concerning the theft committed by the Negress Palasse, together with the complaint concerning the laziness and unwillingness of the Negro [left blank], have ordered their fiscal, as they hereby do, to trade the aforesaid Negress and Negro for the maximum profit of the Company, and the to pay the proceeds thereof to Pieter Rudolphus upon disposal of debt. Ady ut supra. Was signed: P. Stuyvesant, Nicasius de Sille, La Montagne.

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_0327c.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.

To Party 1
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
The Fiscal
Related Ancestors (Unlinked)
Multiple Parties
A1809 Additional Party
Dutch Colonial Council
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch Colonial Council Minutes (Series A1809 _ 1638-1665)
Box
3
Volume
6
Item
327c
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/52612