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O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…the night of the second of August
last, and on or about the Hour of twelve or one o'clock a number
of Men came to the Deponents House in a Riotous manner, and
turned the Deponent his Wife and…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…It began
in the conflict between the people and the directorgeneral and Council in the Dutch colonial period, in
which the former claimed a voice in the government,
and the " Twelve Selectmen" of 1641, "The Eight
Men " of 1643 and…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…All such shall be acknowledged Patroons of
New Netherland, who shall, within the space of four
years next after they have given notice to any of the
chambers of the company here, or to the Commander
or the Council there…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…The next
morning I called a council of war, who gave it as their opinion,
and in which the Indians were extremely urgent that 1000 men
should be detached, and a number of their people would go with
them, in…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…Consequently, on December 1, 1655, the Council proclaimed " that from this time forth, on the New Year
and May-days, there shall be no firing or May-poles
planted ; nor shall there be any beating of the drum ;
nor shall…
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…Frederick
Philipse was forced to give up the seat in the council which he had
held for a score of years; and Adolph, who had been nominated for
membership in that body a short time previously by Governor Belloniont, was…
Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…A bride
might receive the salutations of a hundred men in
the course of the day; and as if this were not enough,
the men called on the bride afterward, and this call
was colloquially known as " going to kiss…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…attained a seat in the council, the first
year of his arrival.
He writes thus:-- " I shall begin the history of the church
from the time I first came among them, which was about twelve
» Smith was so called, from…
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…1
May the 31st, 1697, Governor Fletcher and council find just fault
with Connecticut for using "such a stile," and assert that Connecticut
gave up these towns by arrangement, in 1683, and made no claim to
them for twelve years…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Ship of which this deponent is Commander & Captain Mauritz' Said Ship was sold to M'
Frederic Flipson of the Council at New York, & this deponent did
see the goods laden by Captain Mauritz as aforesaid taken out of
the Said…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Ship of which this deponent is Commander & Captain Mauritz' Said Ship was sold to M'
Frederic Flipson of the Council at New York, & this deponent did
see the goods laden by Captain Mauritz as aforesaid taken out of
the Said…