Document: Order for the sale of tobacco smuggled by Jacob Cohen

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0199

Description

Order. For the sale of said tobacco, on the defendant giving security for such judgment as may be awarded.

Document Date

1655-12-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-12-23

Document Type

Order

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Order

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Translation

The lord fiscal Cornelis van Tienhoven, ex officio, plaintiff against Jacob Cohen, Jewish merchant at this place. The plaintiff submitted the adjoined written charge. The defendant being present, requested a copy thereof, and time to respond to it; in addition, permission to remove the barrels under security.

The director general and councilors order that the defendant be given a copy of the charge so that he can respond to it at the next session; concerning the request to be allowed to remove the tobacco under security, it is allowed, provided that he posts bond to the plaintiff s satisfaction.

Done at the session, ady ut supra; present: the honorable lord director general Petrus Stuyvesant, the lord Nicasius de Sille, the lord 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_0199.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.