Document: Notice|Notice of time and place of regular court sessions

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Municipal Archives, City of New York
Document ID
NYC-RNA_V1_077
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Notice|Notice of time and place of regular court sessions

Document Date
1653-02-06
Document Type
Notice
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Thursday, February 6, 1653, present Martin Krigier, (Arent van Hattem, Poulus Leendersen van die Grift, Maximilyanus van Gheel, Allard Anthony, Willem Beeckman and Pieter (Wolfertsen).
Their Honors, the Burgomasters and Schepens of this City of New Amsterdam, herewith inform everybody, that they shall hold their regular meetings in the house hitherto called the City tavern, henceforth the City Hall*, on Monday mornings from 9 o.c., to hear there all questions of difference between litigants and decide them as best as they can. Let everybody take notice hereof. Done this 6th of February, 1653, at N. Amsterdam. Signed (as above except Arent van Hattem).
*This building stood then on the North side of Pearl Str., nearly opposite to the head of Coenties Slip.

References

The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini, Volume I Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens 1653-1655, Translations by Edmund O'Callaghan,  Edited by Berthold Fernow,  1897, Published under the authority of the City of New York by the Knickerbocker Press

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Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Amsterdam Records NYC - Ordinances (Series RNA_V1_1647-1661)
Box
1.1.1
Volume
1
Link
Court Minutes of New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam Records: Courtesy of the Municipal Archives, City of New York