Document: Order to the farmers on the island of Manhattan to haul the firewood cut by the soldiers for the public service

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NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0002b

Description

Order. The farmers on the island of Manhattan to haul the firewood cut by the soldiers for the public service; a reasonable price to be paid for the work.

Document Date

1655-01-19

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-01-19

Document Type

Order

Minutes

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Translation

The husbandmen and farmers residing on Manhatans Island are hereby amicably requested, for the service of the West India Company, to haul with their wagons, carts and sleighs such firewood already cut by the soldiers, which the soldiers shall identify, and to bring it into Fort New Amsterdam, for which they shall be properly paid upon completion. Done in Amsterdam, ady ut supra, New Netherland. Was signed: N. de Sille, La M[ ontagne ].

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_0002b.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.