Document: Petition of Joost Adriensen etc. for leave to build a saw and gristmill at Turtle falls on the South river

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0872a
Description

Petition. Joost Adriensen etc., for leave to build a saw and gristmill at Turtle falls on the South river.

Document Date
1658-04-30
Document Date (Date Type)
1658-04-30
Document Type
Petition
Minutes
Document Type Unlinked
Petition
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Translation
Translation

[To the noble, honorable director general of New Netherland, etc.[i]

Show with due reverence Joost Adriaensen and companions, that they are willing] to erect a saw [ and gristmill below the turtle’s ] falls, [ for which the place ] and some land belonging to it was granted to them by the [ provisional ] commies of the honorable West India Company subject to your honor’s approval. Therefore, the petitioners respectfully request that your honors please approve this and issue a patent for it. Which doing, etc,

(was signed) Joost Adriaensen in Comp

(dated in the margin) Nieuwer Amstel the 30th of April 1658.

Translation Superscripts
[i]: Recovered text from translation in NYCD 12:210.
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_V08_0872a.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.

Location
Locations (Unlinked)
South River
From Party 1
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Joost Adriensen etc
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Joost Adriensen
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Individual
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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
7
Volume
8
Item
872a
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/56417