Document: Order on a remonstrance from the inhabitants adjoining Hellgate against granting Adriaen Dircksen Coen a certain piece of land there

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NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0468a

Description

Order. On a remonstrance from the inhabitants adjoining Hellgate, against granting Adriaen Dircksen Coen a certain piece of land thereabout.

Document Date

1654-12-31

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-12-31

Document Type

Order

Remonstrance

Minutes

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Order | Remonstrance

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Translation

At the session a certain document was presented by some [ ] of the farms located near the Hellegatt,[1] complaining of the damages they would suffer if Adriaen Dircksz Coen (pursuant to the general's intention) is granted a certain point of land with meadows; thereupon, after deliberation, the honorable gentlemen of the high council decide as follows: at the first opportunity commissioners shall be sent there to investigate the situation. 31 December 1654.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: i.e., door t' hellegatt, literally: "though the Hellegatt," probably referring to the land on the other side of the channel opposite Manhattan.

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_V05_0468a.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.