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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851. 250 words

That contrary to y° consent & good liking of y¢ Towne she would settle amongst them & she being reputed to be a person lyeing und? ye supposicon of Witchcraft hath given some cause of apprehension to ye Inhabitants there, To ye end their Jealousyes & feares as to this perticuler may be removed, I have thought fitt to ord? & appoint that ye Constable & Overseers of ye Towne of Westchestt do giue warning to ye said Katherine Harrison to remove out of their p'cincts in some short tyme after notice giuen, and they are likewise to admonish her to retorne to y® place of her former abode, that they nor their neighbours may receive no further disturbance by her, Given und" my hand at ffort James in New Yorke this 7h day of July, 1670.

An Ord? for Katherine Harrison & Capt Richard Panton to appeare at ye ffort before ye Governor.

Whereas Complaint hath beene made unto me by y® Inhabitants of Westchestt agt Katherine Harrison widdow That she doth neglect to refuse or obey my late Ordr concerning her removall out of ye said*Towne, These are to require you that you give notice unto the said Katherine Harrison as also unto Ca pt» Richard Panton at whose house she resydeth, That they make their personall appearance before me in this place on Wednesday "next being ye 24th of this Instant month, when those of y¢ Towne that have ought to object agt them doe likewise attend,