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RNA_T1_BK1_1647-1661
Creator
O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey), 1797-1880
Inclusive Start Date
1647
Inclusive End Date
1661
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Handwritten translation in English from the Dutch Ordinances of New Amsterdam.
In 1848, E.B. O'Callaghan was hired by the City Council to complete the translations started by Cornelius Westbrook. It is unclear why he chose to retranslate the ordinances, but in 1868, O'Callaghan published a more complete "Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638-1674." This volume included the early New Amsterdam ordinances, as well as records of the New Netherland colony. It is not clear why the New Amsterdam ordinance records end in 1661, three years before the English invasion.
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