O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
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and besides give the price and sum of Ninety Thousand livres current Money of this Province half of which in gold and silver Specie and the other half in Merchandize at the prices current in this City, which the said Sellers acknowledge Purchasers ; and Confess to have now received from the said The said Sieurs Robertson & Livingston Declaring that three-fourths of the said …
VDan'l Robertson ( ls -) (ls.) ( ls -) (ls.) (ls.) ? „. j { Pre Panet AT018 Sl S ned |FR. SlMONNET^ , Quebec, 27. July 1767. Received from Benjamin Price, Daniel Robertson and John Livingstone Esquire the sum of Twelve Pounds, Lawful Money of this Province for the Droit de Quint or Mutation fine for the Seigniory called La Manaudiere situate on the East side of Lake Champlain …
Signed Thomas Mills, R r Gen . -- : ' FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. The above and foregoing are true Copies of a Deed of Sale of the Seigniory called La Manaudiere and of the Receipt for the Droit de Quint, as taken from the French Register Letter E. pages 313 & 358. in my office. Given under my hand at Quebec this 15t h August 1771. Geo. Allsopp D y Reg r & Clk of …
May it please your Excellency The Committee to whom were referred the several Writings lately transmitted (in pursuance of your Proclamation) from the Province of Quebec relative to the French Claims to Lands within this Government humbly Report That soon after his Majesty was pleased by his Royal Proclamation of the 7 th October 1763 to declare the 45 th Degree of Northern …
That Sir Henry Moore and r Carlton the Governors of the two Provinces fixed the place of the Latitude of 45, by actual observation near the North end of the Lake in the Month of September 1767, and that on the 12 th August 1768 his Majesty was pleased to declare his Approbation in Privy Council, and to direct in favour of his New Canadian Subjects that nothing in the Order of …
The Committee have examined the Council Books and cannot discover that the Government of Quebec ever gave the least Intimation to this Province of any French Grants upon Lake Champlain, neither before nor after the said Order of August 17G8 until excited thereunto by your Excellency's late proclamation, nor is there an Entry to be found of any Notification of such Claim by …
up as sufficient under the Capitulation Articles in the Courts of Law, upon the supposition that they were within the Ancient Dominions of the Crown of France, and agreeable thereto this Government began again to Grant Lands in that Quarter, and continued the practice until Your Excellency was pleased to communicate to the Council his Majestys 50 th Instruction prohibiting …
r en Roture, nor for several of those in the List of the Seigneuries, besides those specified in Cramahe's Letter to your Excellency, nor is there a single petition sent or preferred by either of those Claimants for a Confirmation under this Province of any of their Grants, which is the more extraordinary as Your Excellency's Proclamation required a full exhibition of their …
them as Lands to which the 50 th Article of the Royal Instructions has clearly no relation. Nor do we think that Article ought to be considered to prohibit the Grant of those Tracts to which no French Concessions or Ratifications appear to be transmitted from Quebec, nor any Excuse assigned them before this Government pursuant to the late Proclamation, it being very plain from …
for His Majesty's Royal consideration. Several points of Enquiry will arise upon those Grants, concerning which the Committee chuse not to decide, on account of their singular Importance and Delicacy. Whether a Title, if good under the French Government will by the Surrender be valid by our Laws, without the Royal Confirmation ; or in other Words whether the Capitulation gives …
Lawrence, and by Treaty to all the Country of the Six Nations in particular, of which the controverted Grants are a part, and we 3rd y i find that so early as the 3 rd of September, 1696, a patent did pass to Godfrey Dellius, under the Seal of this Province, for Lands including some of those now claimed under the Canadian Grants, greatly to the Northward of Crown Point, of …
have passed the Seal of this Colony since the acquisition of Canada, we recommend it to your Excellency to order the Surveyor General to frame a Map exhibiting the French Grants and English Patents to the Northward of Crown Point, to be laid before his Majesty with all convenient speed, with a List of the Patentees and an account of the Quantity of Land contained in their …
order to be laid before his Majesty, with a List of the Patentees, and an account of the Quantity of Land contained in their Patents, and the Quit rents they are chargeable with. That the several papers referred to in the Report of the Committee be filed in the Secretary's office, and that a Copy of the said Report and of this Order be prepared in order to be transmitted to …
Lawrence River has been always acknowledged the property of The territory southwards of the Five Nations, subjects or allies of Great Brittain, & as the French settlements, as well as grants within that district were made, not under the sanction of Cession, purchase or conquest, but by intrusion, the justice of the Title of those claimants seems to rest on His Majty s …
The whole of this very important business will, I am persuaded, be discussed by the Lords of Trade with that impartiality that has always distinguished their conduct ; I shall therefore avoid saying any thing more upon that subject or upon the Canadian Claims further, than, that I think it proper to observe that the proposition in your letter N° 43, that all the territory on …
may have very fatal consequences to the King's interest. am, ettc. Dartmouth. ; FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. MINUTE OF MR. EDMUND BURKE ATTENDING THE BOARD OF TRADE. Thursday Nov 12th 1772 At a meeting of His Majesty's Comm Lord Garlies ; rs for Trade & Plantations Present, Mr Gascoyne, Lord Greville TJie Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries …
Counsel, and he was desired, so soon as his Councel should be prepared, to acquaint the Secretary therewith, in order that an early day might be fixed for the further consideration of this business. Ordered that the Secretary do acquaint Mons r Lotbiniere who now attends to solicit the Confirmaon Lake Champlain, of which he claims the possession, with Mr. Burke's tion of two …
Lawrence down to Delaware River ; this appears from many ancient Maps, and particularly from Blair's and Ogilby's, which I have had an opportunity of seeing. In 1664, King Charles the Second granted this country to the Duke of York, expressly comprehending all the Lands from the west side of Connecticut River. On a late actual survey by Commiss rs from this & Quebec Govern 1 …
its limits to be notorious, & properly On this principle the Judicatories, here have grounded their determina- York and the territories depending threupon " and supposes FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. New York Patentees, and the N. Hampshire claimants. The original Colony of New Hampshire as it was granted by the Council of Plymouth, & confirmed by the Crown tions, in …
. 1764, as a confirmation of a prior Right, & not as having altered or enlarged the ancient Jurisdiction. am now cautious to give an opinion on the propriety of this decision, but barely mention the principles as they have been represented to me for your Lordp's information. Whether the Dominions of the French in Canada interfered with the bounds of this Colony as anciently …
the Sovereignty & protection of Great Brittain, and have ever since been considered as subjects, & their Country as part of the dominions of the Crown. By the Treaty of Utrecht, the French King expressly recognized the Sovereignty of Great Brittain over those Nations. Godfrey Dellius's purchase from the Mohocks, & grant under the Seal of New York in the year 1696, is esteemed …
& afterwards another Fort This was regarded as an act of hostility, and as such complained of & resented ; and the Colonies before the late war, to disappoint so dangerous a project, raised money and Troops The operations became more to erect Fortifications on His Majesty's lands, at, or near Crown Point. general, and the success of his Maj s arms, rendered it unnecessary. The …
FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. That Gov in his speech of the 30 th "I have the satisfaction to inform you, that your Agent has been very active in solliciting the affairs of this Prov ce & particularly that he has succeeded in obtaining, that pressing instances might be made at the Court of France, against the Stone House built at Niagara," ettc. This shows that the …
approach of Sir Jeffry Amherst in 1759, abandoned Crown Point, there were found no ancient possessions, nor any improvements, worthy of consideration on either side of the Lake. The Chief were in the environs of the Fort, and seemed intended meerly for the accommodation of the Garrisons, and I have reason to believe, that even at this day, there are very few, if any, to the …
Had the soil and jurisdiction within the Prov ce of New York been vested in proprietaries as in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusets Bay, or other Charter Govern' 3 it would have been a different question but when both, the soil and jurisdiction are in the Crown, it is I conceive, entirely in the breast of the Crown, to limit that jurisdiction and to dispose of the property in …
which had been given respecting the claims, as well on Lake Champlain, as in the district to the westward of the Connecticut River, by which the King had reserved to himself the consideration of those claims, I must still have the misfortune to think that no steps ought to have been taken to the At the same time confident of your integrity prejudice of the claimants under the …
wishing to be informed, on whose behalf, and on Grants on Lake Champlain. You question, I desire to have Counsel heard against the Canadian Sir--I am honoured with your letter of the 14 what 15 JUNE 1773. will be so good as to acquaint their LordpP th that I would have Counsel heard on behalf of the grantees under New York Govern 1 who are composed in a great measure of …
Your most obed1 & humble serv* Edm Burke. : EXTRACT FROM A REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC RELATIVE TO COMPLETING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THAT PROVINCE & NEW YORK, DATED QUEBEC, AUG* 4. 1773. [ We think . . • Council Minutes XXVI. ] Your Honour may safely give the necessary Directions for going on with the service immediately under the following …
under any Title from the Crown of France. That we do not by our Consent to the running of the Line give up or in any manner recede or depart from any Right or Claim to Lands to the Southward of the Line which have at any time been or now are disputed between the two Provinces, but that the whole shall be submitted to his Majesty's Pleasure without Prejudice or advantage of any …
It is with singular pleasure I can inform you I accept of and assent to the Terms contained in the Reservations of the said Report at the same time I assure you it never has been nor is my Wish or Design to take any Advantage either over the Jurisdiction of the Government of Quebec, or of French claims lying within the Government of New York but am determined to wait the …
de Alainville and d'Hocquart, setting forth amongst other things that he has been deprived and dispossessed of his two Lordships of d' Alainville and d'Hocquart situated at the head of Lake Champlain in a most advantageous position and consisting of the best and richest land in the Province of New York to which they were annexed eighteen months after the Treaty of Peace and …
It appears by the most authentic evidence upon the Books of our office that Lake Champlain and the circumjacent Country were at all times claimed by the Five Nations of Indians as part of their Possessions and that by agreement with them the Land on both sides the Lake to a very great extent was granted by the Gov 8 of New York to British Subjects long before any possession …
Treaty of Aix la Chapelle Commissaries were in the Year 1750 appointed to settle with Commissaries on the part of France the limits of each others possessions in North America, they were instructed to insist that France had no right to any possession on the South side of the River St. Lawrence. Under these circumstances therefore and for as much as we are clearly of opinion …
On the other hand when we consider that many of his Majesty's subjects trusting to the validity of the Canadian Titles have become proprietors of those Seigneuries under purchases for valuable considerations We cannot but be of opinion that the making Grants under the Seal of New York of any part of those Seigniories was an unjust and unwarrantable proceeding, That the …
With regard to the other Tract claimed by the petitioner under the description of the concession of d'Alainville, when we consider its situation to the South of Crown Point, that it is stated to have been Granted to him at a time when his Majesty's armies had penetrated into, and occasionally possessed themselves of the Country and that independent of these objections there is …
Having said thus much upon the merits of the Petition itself, in so far as it regards the validity of the Petitioner's title to the Lands he claims we think it necessary in Justice to the Noble Lord, that presided at this Board in the year 1764 to take some notice of what is alledged therein, in respect to the declaration said to have been made by his Lordship to the effect of …
consequence of the petitioners application and subscribed by the Earl of Hillsborough which is so far from admitting a Title in the petitioner to those Lands which he claims in particular that it exany discussion upon that question until the evidence of the legality of the Title should be more authentically adduced and in the mean time with equal Justice & humanity forbids …
compensation to him for his pretensions to the said Lordships of Alainville and de Hocquart by recom mending him to His Majesty for a Grant of Land in some one of his Majesty's American Provinces in consideration of his said pretensions as well as of the losses and expenses in which he has been involved by the proceedings of His Majesty's Governors of New York in Granting away …
forth in Our report to your Lordships of the 25 th of May last see any such foundation in his pretensions to Alainville as can warrant the advising any compensation whatever to be made to him for his interest in that Lordship so that whatever we have to recommend will be grounded solely on his claim to the Lordship of Hocquart and the consideration of the losses and expenses …
As the greatest part therefore and probably the best in quality of those lands has been thus granted away we think that the most equitable way of making compensation to M. Lotbiniere will [be] for his Majesty to direct the Governor of Quebec to make a new Grant to M. Lotbiniere of other Lands FRENCH SEIGNIORIES ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN. within that Colony equivalent as nearly as may …
At the same time that we state this as what we think will be a liberal compensation to M. Lotbiniere, we should have been glad to have informed your Lordships that he had acquiesced in the same sentiments but as he has declined giving his attendance at Our Board though invited thereto we submit the whole to your Lordships with this observation that if M. Lotbiniere shall not …
ESTABLISHING A BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE WHITES AND INDIANS, OF THE NORTHERN COLONIES. [ Lond. Doc. XLI. ] To all to whom, These presents shall come or may concern. We the Sachems & Chiefs of the Six Confederate Nations, & of the Shawaneese, Delawares, Mingoes of Ohio & other Dependant Tribes on behalf of ourselves & of the rest of our Several Nations the Chiefs & Warriors of …
Whereas His Majesty was graciously pleased to propose to us in the year one thousand seven hundred & sixty five that a Boundary Line should be fixed between the English & Us to ascertain & establish our Limitts and prevent those intrusions & encroachments of which we had so long & loudly complained & to put a stop to the many fraudulent advantages which had been so often taken …
And Whereas many uneasynesses & doubts have arisen amongst us which have given rise to an apprehension that the Line may not be strictly observed on the part of the English in which case matters may be worse than before which apprehension together with the dependant state of some of our Tribes & other circumstances which retarded the Settlement & became to a very considerable …
on Tuesday the first of the Present Month of November wherein we have declared our expectation of the continuance of His Majesty's favour & our desire that our ancient Engagements be observed & our affairs attended to by the officer who has the management thereof enabling him to discharge all these matters properly for our Interest. That the Lands occupied by the Mohocks …
or to the Southward described by His Majesty's order was not extended to the Northward of Oswegy Northward on a supposition the the Line to continued agreed to & have We river Kanhawa of Great concerning its course at determination any come to not having our of reason by that it was omitted Line to the much as the in as five and sixty hundred & the Congress held in one …
with a large sum of money amount in the whole to the sum of Ten thousand four Hundred and sixty pounds seven shillings & three pence sterling to Us now delivered & paid by Sir William Johnson Baronet His Majesty's sole agent and superintendent of Indians affairs for the Northern department of America in the name and on behalf of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace …
South side of said River to Kittanning which is above Fort Pitt from thence by a direct Line to the nearest Fork of the west branch of Susquehanna thence through the Allegany Mountains along the south side of the said West Branch until it comes opposite to the mouth of a creek called Tiadaghton thence across the West Branch along the South Side of that Creek & along the North …
Eastward from every part of the said Line as far as the Lands formerly purchased so as to comprehend the whole of the Lands between the said Line & the purchased Lands or settlements, except what is within the Province of Pennsylvania, together with all the Hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or appertaining in the fullest and most ample manner and all the …
marks and Seals at Fort Stanwix the fifth day of November one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight in the ninth year of His Majesty's Reign. for the Mohawks. Tyorhanserc als Abraham jj^^te^ [l s] ^ -- BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE WHITES AND INDIANS. for the Oneidas. Canaghaguieson W) L S for the Tuscaroras. + Seguareesera L S for the Onondagas. Otsinoghiyata als Bunt n L S for …
An unsuitable secondly, Scantiness of privileges and exemptions ; thirdly, Heavy burthens of imposts, exactions and such like ; fourthly, Long continued war ; fifthly, The wreck of the Princess ; sixthly, The multitude of Traders and tewness of Boors and farm servants seventhly, Great scarcity in The insufferable arrogance of the Natives and Indians arising from the paucity of …
We, with humble reverence only deeming it good and necessary to petition their High Mightinesses for the following Points as of advantage for this in their renowned wisdom shall be determined, Province : Firstly; We supplicate and beseech their High Mightinesses to people New Netlierland so that it may support sustain and defend itself against Indians and others who might …
would, then, be attracted towards this country, whilst, on the contrary every one Many is discouraged by the Company's harsh proceedings and want of means. 2nd. Were their High; Mightinesses pleased to equip some ships for a few years, for the free conveyance and transportation of people principally Boors and farm servants with their poverty hither, together with some …
High Mightinesses shall consider adapted to this Province and resembling somewhat the Laudable government of our Fatherland. 1 st . 2 nd 3 rd . . Freedom from duties, tenths and imposts which at the first beginning are useless and oppressive, until the country is peopled and somewhat firmly established. That the Returns in Tobacco shipped hence, be free from all duties, which …
That their High Mightinesses would be pleased to accord privileges and freedoms for the encouragement of the Inhabitants in favor of the fisheries, which many suppose were good and profitable heretofore, and would hereafter be of great consequence. We humbly beseech their High Mightinesses to be pleased to determine and so to estab- Thirdly, and order the Boundaries of this …
That their High Mightinesses would be pleased to preserve us in peace with the neighbouring Republicks, Colonies and others their High Mightinesses allies, so that we may pursue without let or hindrance, under proper regulations from their High Mightinesses, the trade of our country as well along the coast from Terra Nova to Cape Florida as to the West Indies and to Europe …
and understanding, earnestly supplicating their High Mightinesses, for the love of New Netherland which now lies at its extremity, as is to be seen at length in our annexed Remonstrance, to be pleased to direct their attention thereto according to their wise and provident council, and to interpret most favorably this our presumption. We pray and hope that the name of New …
Oloff Stevens, Adriaen Van der Donck, Michael Jansen, Augustin Herman, Thomas Hall, Arnoldus Van Hardenberch, Elbert Elbertzen, Jacob Van Couwenhoven, Jan Evertsen Bout, Govert Loockermans, Hendrick Hendricksen Kip. ' PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. PROVISIONAL ORDER FOR THE GOVERNMENT, PRESERVATION AND PEOPLING OF NEW NETHERLAND. [ Art. X. ANNO. 1650. [Extract. \ …
Kindnesses do not avail, we must, therefore, have recourse to God, to Nature and the Law. accordingly hereby charge and We command your Honors, whenever you shall certainly discover any Clandestine Meetings, Conventicles or machinations against our States' government or that of our Country, that you proceed against such malignants in proportion to their crimes, with this …
two Burgomasters and five Schepens, from all of whose judgments an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Council, where definite judgment shall be decreed. " In the Election of the aforesaid persons every attention must be paid to honest and respectable individuals who we hope can be found among the Burghers and especially do we wish that those promoted thereto be, as much as …
Dutch Records; Letter V. 1652--1663. ] In the first place, the Sheriff shall, as the Director General and Council's guard ton of the law 1. in the district of the city of New Amsterdam, preserve, protect and maintain, to .e best of his knowledge and ability, the preeminences and immunities of the privileged West India Company, in as far as these have been delegated by previous …
his action or arresting any person, shall pertinently inform himself of the crime of which he shall accuse him, without his being empowered to arrest any one, on the aforesaid information, unless the offence be committed in his presence. 5. He shall take all his informations in the presence of two members of the Board of Burgomasters and Schepens if the case shall permit it …
command the said individuals, either personally or by the court messenger, or his deputy to observe the peace, and to forbid them committing any assault, on pain of arbitrary correction at the discretion of the Burgomasters and Schepens. 9. He shall not have power to compound with any person for their committed offences except with the knowledge of the Burgomasters and …
much less arresting the offender, unless in actual aggression to prevent greater mischief, or hinder flight in consequence of the enormity of the crime. PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 3S9 Which being done, he shall, as before, surrender without any delay the apprehended person 13. with the information taken to the Fiscal, to be proceeded against by him in due form as …
By virtue of his Ma tie3 Letters Pattents bearing date the 12 day of March in the 16 th year of his Maties Reigne, Granted to His Royall Highnesse, James Duke of Yorke wherein full k absolute power 11 ' is given and granted to his Royall Highnesse or his Deputyes to Constitute, appoint, revoke & discharge all k military, as also to alter k change all Names k styles fformes or …
Maties Obedience are conledges, Graunted by the Articles of this Towne upon Surrender under his cluded I do further declare, That by a particular Commission, such persons shall be authorized to ; putt the Lawes in Execucon, in whose abilityes prudence k good affection to his Maties Service and e y Peace and happinesse of this Governm I have especial reason to put Confidence …
Governm 1 late in practice w th in this his Ma ties Towne of New Yorke, under the name and style of Scout, Burgomasters and Schepens, which are not knowne or customary in any of his Ma tic8 Dominions To the end that the course of Justice for the future may be legally, equally and impartially administered to all his Matie » Subjects as well Inhabitants as Strangers Know all Men …
w th all other his Ma ties Subjects Inhabitants upon this Island, commonly called & knowne by the Name of the Manhattans Island, are and shall bee for ever accounted, nominated and Established, as one Body Politique and Corporate under the Governm 4 of a Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriife, and I do by these P'sents constitute and appoint for one whole year, commencing from the date …
& execute, from Time to Time, all such made the Constitutions as shall be by said Mayor and Aldermen as they will & warrants, orders answer the Contrary at their utmost Perills And for the due administracon of Justice, according to the ft'orme and manner prescribed in this Commission, by the Mayor, Aldermen & Sheriife, These Presents shall bee to them, & every of them, a …
Netherlands and his Serene Highness the Lord Prince of Orange, to Reduce the form of Government of this City to its previous character of Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens as is practised in all the Cities of our Fatherland, to the end that Justice may be maintained and administered to all good Inhabitants without Respect or Regard to Persons ; Therefore We, by virtue of our …
Which abovenamed Schout Burgomasters and Schepens are hereby authorized and empowered to govern the Inhabitants of this City, both Burghers & Strangers, conformably to the Laws and Statutes of our Fatherland, and make therein such orders as they shall find advantageous and proper to this And the Inhabitants of this City are well and strictly ordered the above named Regents in …
The Under Sheriff shall preside at all the meetings but when he officiates for himself as a party, or on behalf of justice, he shall on such occasions rise up and absent himself from the Bench, Firstly. and in this case have neither an advisory much less a casting vote, but the oldest Schepen shall preside in his place. 2 nd The Under Sheriff and Schepens are authorized to …
Schepens who shall hold their court as often as necessary. 5 th1 y. The said Under Sheriff and Schepens shall be obliged strictly to observe and punctually to orders as shall from time to time be directed to them from the Worshipexecute all such placards and ful Court here. 6 th 'y. Whereas We are informed of the great ravages the Wolf commits on the small cattle, therefore to …
them; For a Wolf fl. 20. and for a She Wolf fl. 30 Seawan or the value thereof which, said Under Sheriff and Schepens shall by their messenger levy from those who keep any cattle, large or small, within their district, on said Island, each of whom shall, according to the number of cattle, be bound to contribute & pay thereto whatever he shall be taxed thereupon by the Under …
which he owes for the behoof of the Under Sheriff for the trouble of the Execution. 9 th y Whereas 'tis necessary that the Pound shall be properly kept, the Under Sheriff & Schepens are therefore authorized and ordered to attend that the same be maintained conjointly by those who have lands there and further make such orders regarding the impounding of cattle as they shall …
common wagon road shall again remove the same, branches and all, from the road, before the going down of the Sun subsequent to the falling of the tree, and make the road passable --or in default thereof and in case a fine be imposed therefor by the Under Sheriff or his order, he shall pay for each tree found across the highway, a fine of fl.20. to be applied, one half for the …
The choice of all Inferior officers (the Secretary alone excepted) shall be henceforward made by the said Under Sheriff and Schepens, & they shall be confirmed in their respective Qualities after being approved by the Worship Court here. 13 thly . 14thiy. If any thing further be necessary for Agriculture, or should there be any obscurity or omission or want of clearness in …
Religion conformable to the Synod of Dordrecht shall be maintained, without suffering any other Sects attempting any thing contrary thereto. 2. The Schout shall be present at all Meetings and preside there, unless the Honble. Heer Governour or some person appointed by him be present who then shall preside, when the Schout shall rank next below the youngest acting Burgomaster …
power to judge and sentence the same even unto Death inclusive provided and on condition, that no sentence of corporal punishment shall be executed unless the approval of the Heer Governour General and Council shall be first sought and obtained therefor. 5. The Court shall be convoked by the President Burgomaster who shall, the night before, make the same known to Capt. Willem …
the President shall then have power to decide by his vote, in which case those of the contrary opinion as well as those of the minority may Register their opinions on the Minutes, but not publish the same in any manner out of the Court on pain of arbitrary Correction. The Burgomaster shall change Rank every half year, wherein the oldest shall first occupy the place of …
The Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens shall have power to enact, and with the approbation of the H r Governour to publish and affix some Statutes, Ordinances and Placards for the Peace, Quiet and Advantage of this City and the inhabitants thereof within their district, provided that the same do not in any wise conflict, but agree, as much as possible, with the Laws and …
The election of all inferior officers and servants in the employ of said Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens shall, with the sole exception of the Secretary, be made and confirmed by themselves. 13. The Schout shall execute all judgments of the Burgomasters and Schepens, without relaxing any, unless with the advice of the Court, also take good care that the jurisdiction under …
number of the best qualified honorable and wealthy persons, and only such as are of the Reformed Christian Religion, or at least well affected towards it, as Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens aforesaid, which nomination shall be handed and presented folded & sealed, on the same day, to his Honor from which nomination the Election shall then be made by his Honor on the 17 th …
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Johannes Lyecht, - Benjamin Van der Linden, Par ernes Samuel Verbryk, Tappan David Marinus, Achquechnouck Barent Vromans, Schonegtade Thomas Romein, - Benjamin Meinema, Pakeepsie & Fishkil Theodoras Frielinghausen, Theod. Jac. fil., New Albany Ulpianus Van Sinderin, Ulp. fil. - Hakkingsack, fyc Johannes Casparus Fryenmoet, im Queens County, Oyster bay Rhynbeck Johan. Caspar …
Johannes Martinus Van Harlingen, Millston $f New Schonnick Gerardus Daniel Cock, Camp § Rhinebeck - - - - - - - - - Hermanus Meyer, 1763 Isaacus Rysdyk, .--._. -----....... ... ------------ MINISTERS OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCHES. Pomtan fy Totoa New Hakkingsack fy Hopwel Warmoldus Kuypers, 1769 Hakkingsack fy Schralenburg Johannes Levingston, Th. Doct. Johan Daniel Gross …
Company by theyr several Commissions under theyr hands m Kieft sufficient power and authorities for the general rule and seales to give and grant unto me y e & gouvernment of this Prouince called the New Netherlands, & likewise for y e settling of townes, collonies, plantations, disposing of y e land within this prouince, as by e said Commissions more att. y large doth and …
certaine, quantitie or p'cel of Land, together with all y hauens, harbours, rivers, creeks, woodland, marshes, and all other appurtenances thereunto belonging, lyeing k being uppon & about y e Westernmost parte of Longe Island & beginning at the mouth of a Creeke adjacent to Coneyne Island & being bounded one y e westwards parte thereof with y e land appertaining to Anthony …
& pocesse as theyr owne free land of inheritance and it to improve & manure according to their owne discretions, with libertie likewise for them the s d pattentees, theyr associates, heyres, and successours and assignes to put what cattle they shall think fitting to feed or graze upon the afores d Conyne Island, fbrther giving granting & by vertue of these presents Wee doe …
Towne of Grauesend & to make such civill ordinances as the Maior part of y e Inhabitants ffree of the Towne shall thinke fitting for theyr quiett and peaceable subsisting & to Nominate elect & choose three of y e Ablest approued honest men & them to present anuuallie to e y Gouernor Generall of this Prouince for the tyme being, for him y e said Gouern r to establish and PAPERS …
the Maior part of the s d three shall agree unto, in such cases wee doe hereby give and graunt full power and authoritie to any two of y e s d three, to attache k ceise uppon y e lands goods, catties k chatties of y e parties condemned by their said sentence & fourteen days after the s d ceizure (if y e partie soe condemned agree not in the interim k submitte himself unto y e …
men) the said three or three appointed men as affbrs to take or ioyen to themselves two more of theyre neighbours discreete honest men, and w th the advice of them to apprise the lands, goods cate ties k chatties w th in the above s d jurisdict" k belongs to the partie condemned as afores d to y full valleu k then to sell them to any that will paye, that sattisfaction k …
of the inhabitants w lh in the above s d jurisdict n k him, them & her so arrested or apprehended to bring or case to be brought before the Gouernor Gen 11 of this Province & theyre by way of Processe declare against the P'tie soe offending ; farther Wee doe give k graunt unto the P'tentees theyr associates heyres &c free libertie of hawking, hunting, fishing, fowding within …
Provinces, allways prouided the s d patten te8 y r associates heyres &c shall faithfully acknowledge & reverently respect the above named High Mightie Lords &c. for they 1 Superiour Lords k patrons & in all loialtie k fidellitie demeane themselves towards them k theyr successours accord'g as the Inhabitants of this prouince in dutye are bound, soe long as they shall [be] …
ing one Hollands acre being excepted, and in case anye of the s d pattentees theyr associates heyres &c shall only improue theyr stocks in grasing or breeding of cattle, then the partie soe doing shall att the end of the ten yeares afforesaid paye or cause to be paid to an officer deputed as afores d such reasonable sattisfact" in butter and cheese as other Inhabbat8 of other …
Description of the Founding or Beginning of for the information of us and our successors. their Grants and Privileges likewise the New Utrecht, Together with names of their and magistrates thereunto added and that from the year Sixteen hundred seven and fifty, officers also the names of the first Patentees and farmers, for the encouragement and information of their posterity …
To the Noble and Right Honorable Lord Director General and Council of New Netherland Whereas no lands here can be laid out and settled except with your Honors' approbation and consent, therefore the petitioner addresses himself to your Honors for consent to found a Town on LongIsland on the Bay of the North River. was signed Ja. Cortelliau. the deceased Werckhoven. the heirs …
Johan Zeelen : . : PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND. The above named individuals having received their lots, came together so as speedily to advance "Whereof the first was Jacob Hellekeers house made clapboards small square of a standing in Gravesend which he tore having Swart, he tins because they could not begin altogether and alike and for down and removed to the town. On the …
It was, including the garden, enclosed with high palisades set close together. After the above 3 houses, Johnckeer Jacob Corlaer also erected a house, and then Cornelis JJeeckman with his companion Willem Willemse erected one which shortly after was burnt. Some of the above named 20 settlers abandoned their lots, and others came in their places by whom the cultivating and …
That those who have sold their lots for considerable money, without having been subject to any cost except the simple fencing, may be ordered to restore the money received over and above the cost of same. 3. That every lot should be bound to have a man who shall keep the front of the lot in repair and remove whatever falls, so that men should not be bound to look after …
That Antony Jansen, maintaining the meadows to be his which he had bought of the Indians which could not be done without the approbation of you noble and right Honorable Lords, and he not having this, may be ordered to allow us the peaceable use of said meadows commenced by us with your consent, and peaceable possession of which was promised to the inhabitants of the town …
On the above request being received and read, the following answer was returned The answer to the 1st point will be found published in the order of the 30th of January last, by which it is ordained that every one of what condition or quality soever he may be should cultivate, build, and live on the lot he had obtained, or cause the same to be cultivated and dwelt upon, within …
The answer to the second is intermixed in the above but further, no man may enjoy more than the true value of his fencing, and what he has expended in his cultivation of his lot including the ; value of his own labour : All received above the ascertained value shall be paid back to his successor. The Director General and Council are by no means however to be understood as …
other begun Towns consisting of one dwelling or a hamlet, who obtains a lot or building plot, also that all and every one from now forth who has sought or obtained lands, must seek and obtain therefor proper patents, and there obtained lands they must speedily undertake to plant and cultivate, and at the least from the proceedings of the patent have residing and kept thereon …
Against the above stands, By order of the Noble and Right Honorable Lord and Director General and Council of the NewNetherland : Witness, C. V Ruyven, Secretary. The order of the 30th of January 1659 referred to in the answer to the 1st, is as follows : Proclamation. All persons are hereby notified and informed, that those who have obtained lots or plantations in the newly …
The Director General and Council of New Netherland daily hear great complaints that the posts, rails, clapboards, and other fencing, made with great cost and trouble of the inhabitants, (for the preservation of the crops) around their sowed lands and gardens, are stolen during both night and day, the effect of which is that the cattle come in and destroy the crops, which …
and they also hereby notify all of what state or condition they may be, that they are hereby warned and expressly forbid from this time forth, not to make bare or strip any gardens, sowed, or planted places, of posts, rails, clapboards, or other fencing, on pain when found doing the same in part or in whole, for the first offence of being whipped and branded, and for the …
The inhabitants of the Town being diligent in the observance of the foregoing order or command, the Fiscal thereupon drew out of the Company's book the following copy concerning the meadow land, not knowing in whom it was lodged Petrus Stuyvesant Representative of the Noble High and Mighty the Lords States General of the United Netherlands, and the Lord Administrator of the …
who might hereafter dwell there, allowed unto them as to others a parcel of meadow land lying on Long Island by the easterly Hook of the Bay of the North River, over against Conyen Island, inkills, creeks, ponds, reeds, drowned and sand lands within its bounds, Containing 130 morgen (260 acres) Bounded on the westerly side by land of Antony Jansen Van Sale, north-easterly by …
Nicasius De Sille, Fiscal, : 2. Albert Albertse, 14. Pieter Roeloffe, 3. Jan Zelen, 15. Jaques Cortilliau, 4. Jacob Backker, 16. Teunis Joosten, 5. Willem Willemse, 17. Ruth Joosten, 6. Huybert Hook, 18. Pieter Buys, PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND. 7. Peter Jansen, 8. Jacob Pieterse, 9. Jacob Swart, Werckhoven, Ruth Joosten, 21. Werckhoven, 10. Jan Tomasse, 22. Cornelius …
Town complained, that they were badly provided with powder and lead, and also that some of them had no guns, they desired that the Fiscal would provide them at their own cost with the same, they having recourse to him inasmuch as they had heard the Director General and Council had appointed him Scout (Sheriff) over the Town of Utrecht. The Lord General on the 6 th of October …
Thereafter it happened that the inhabitants disputed, quarreled, and disagreed among one and another, in consequence of which Albert Albertese, Harmen Courten, Jan Sely, Jan Van Cleef, Teunis Ydessen, Cornells Beeckman, Claes Claessen Smit, Jacob Hellekerse Swart, Huibert Jansen Hook, Willem Willemse, Pieter Hesselse, and Jacob Van Curlaer, on the 11 th of October 1659 united …
Van Curlaer, again on the 26 th of January 1660, wrote to the Fiscal complaining of the damage daily done by the hogs, in consequence of the insufficiency of the fences, so that they also had a mind to be neglectful if nothing order, or keeping watch either personally or was done to abate the evil. The above and similar difficulties and disturbances caused the Fiscal much …
On the 21 st of January 1660 the Fiscal demanded of the Surveyor Jacques Cortleyou his certificate of the survey of his house plot farm and meadows, which is as follows : A lot on the plain lying South East of the shore or strand way, and North-West of the land of Ruth Joosten, in width 12 the land known as lot No. 9 being in width 26 rods, and lying Northeast rods, and in …
Petrus Stuyyesant on the behalf of the Noble High and Mighty Lords the States General of the United Netherlands, and Noble Lord and Director of the Privileged West India Company of the Chamber at Amsterdam, Director General of New Netherland, Curacoa, Bonayre, Aruba, with their appendages, with the consent of the Noble Lords of the Council witness and declare, that We on the …
and Patron, the Noble Lord Director above mentioned under the Sovereignty of the Noble, High and Mighty Lords of the States General, and in all things as a good inhabitant obey the Director Genera] and Council, subject at the expiration of ten years after date, when required by the Lord Patrons, to the payment of the tenth, also to the other charges and services to which all …
At Amsterdam in New Netherland this 22 d day of January 1660. Signed (Here follows another Patent to De Sille for No. 8.) Petrus Stuyvesant. On the 15 th of February 1660, Jacob Van Curler, and Jan Tomassen who had the oversight and charge of the Town, sent to the Fiscal N. de Sille a letter of complaint and also one of enquiry, in the first of which they complained about the …
Herewith they send to the Fiscal, draughts of rules which they desire to have put in operation in the Town and which in short are as follows : An order relating to cattle and hogs jumping over and breaking the fences. 2. An order relating to the saving of powder and lead. 3. An order relating to the building plots of the inhabitants. 4. An order relating to those who own lands …
It is represented to your Honor by the orderly inhabitants of the Town of New Utrecht, that they have among them some absentees and evil doers, who refuse to listen to reason and act in an orderly manner, but always are contrary and troublesome, yea, will not obey the Serjeant Jan Tomasse, of which some ^me ago notice was given to you the Noble and Right Honorable Lord …
Was subscribed, To the Noble and Right Honorable Lord in the name of the orderly inhabitants of New Utrecht This do, &c. by your humble servant NlCASlUS DE SlLLE. Amsterdam in N. Netherland this 23d Feb. 1660. On the above written date the Fiscal personally delivered the following to the Council which was ordered to be enforced. 1. Those who have obtained lots and plantations …
So therefore to promote the prosperity of the Town and for the benefit of the in-dwellers and of those who may hereafter come, the Director General and Council directs, that they from now henceforth obey the person Nicasius de Sille as their officer and Jacob Corlaer and Jan Tomasse as his assistants for the purpose of allaying all differences that may happen. . PAPERS …
damage from cows, horses or hogs, on pain of the above mentioned penalty, but if the cattle break through, one or two of them may be caught and shut up in the public pound until the damage is made good and the penalty paid. 9. Also, the inhabitants shall build in the middle of the Village a good Blockhouse, in which they shall make provision for a grain mill for the …
venison or game, nor shall they lavishly squander it, on penalty of restoring four times as much as given to them by the officer or his assistants. 13. And, for the purpose of purchasing and obtaining good ammunition, the Director General and Council order for the Town of New-Utrecht, that they who slaughter oxen, cows, calves, hogs, or be taxed for each guilder (40 cents) of …
And that without conniving, they proceed against those who transgress said ordinances, they being promulgated for the benefit of the Town of New Utrecht. Thus done &c. 23d Feb. 1660. On the 25 th of February accompanied by my deputy Resolveertt Waldron, I came to the village of New -Utrecht with the above ordinances, and made the same public, and also posted a copy of the …
PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND. The Lord General P. Stuyvesant is pleased to learn that the new Village is pleasantly situated and He also on the 6 th of February in the year 1660, in company with the he also Fiscal personally visited the place, and by word of mouth gave good directions and advice every man in the first place admonished to and prepare and make his own together …
The Director General and his attendants remained but a short time at the banquet in consequence of the necessity of their departure to attend to other business. On the 25 th of said month of February I brought 7 Negroes, with Paulus Heymans as their overseer, who on the 26 th in*t. began with much strength to cut trees in the woods and split them for There came however a …
On this the Lord General gave it to the officer de Sille and on the 27 th of May issued One lot known as No 8, in width 26 rods, an order to the surveyor, to survey the same as follows it 1 keep it. : lying on the Southwest side of the land of the said Fiscal and on the Northeast side of the land of Arien Willemse, stretching South East towards the woods containing 25 morgens …
On the 12th of June 1660, the General with the Fiscal and Van Ruyven came over and taking Upon made provision for the Town, and gave them a piece of meadow extending from Varckens (Hogs) hook to the Vischers (fisher's) hook, where the fisherman Hoorn had placed his house. The Secretary Cornells Van Ruyven was notified of this and directed to deliver to the Town a writing …
time are found residing in separate dwellings or farm houses. Those who do not remove by the 18 of May will also be liable to a penalty of 50 guilders, to be paid immediately and also to have their houses unroofed at their expense. After this it happened that several persons who resided outside the village paid no attention to the above order, among whom was a Mr. Stilwel, who …
By the Director General and Council of the New Netherland on a hearing of the parties We condemn Albert Albertse alias Lintwever, to amends by paying the penalty of 50 guilders as per ; proclamation, and to stand imprisonment until the fine be paid. On this sentence, after being imprisoned, he paid the fine and then removed within the village of New Utrecht. In this year it …
without liberty first obtained from the public authorities, neither was it lawful to alienate the same. This took place on the 16th of Jan. 1660. In the month of October of this year it came to the ears of the Fiscal, that an individual had done amiss in the village, from which evil consequences were likely to flow. To punish evil doers, frighten the vicious, and produce …
On this Jan Van Cleef sought a buyer to sell the mill to, at the same time the people desired the Fiscal to buy the mill, but he refused, neither would he sell his third part, having in view the benefit of the Town and the convenience of the In consequence of this Jan Van Cleef was under the necessity of selling his two thirds inhabitants. to Albert Albertse, and the mill …
and Council, to prevent the above mentioned evil practices, from this time forth hereby expressly interdict and forbid the slaughtering any cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, or goats, by any person or by the owners of the same, in the Towns, plains, villages, and Hamlets of this Province, unless the owner of such animals on the same day on which he intends to slaughter them informs …
may be employed by the villages, to levy soldiers, and to purchase such ammunition as the occasion may require. be divided as follows : The penalty for killing animals without a permit shall one third to the informer, one third to the officer, and one third to the Town. Done in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherlands, this 18 th January 1660. The above is the ordinance of the Noble …
My petition was sent to the General by my son Laurens de Sille, on which he sent me word that in 4 or 5 days he would personally go to New Utrecht for the purpose in the first place of putting every tiling in good order. had been : The Lord General in the mean time became sick and matters remained as they I waited for his recovery and intend to wait and see what will follow …
Nicasius de Sille. (In the back part of the book from which the above was translated is the following :) Short abstracts of proclamations or edicts relating to misdemeanors. Sabbath days not to be broken. 1st. All persons are forbid selling Beer, Wine, or strong drink during divine service on the Sabbath, neither shall they allow it to be drank in their houses, as per edict of …
They are all directed to keep their fences in good order so that others receive no injury in consequence of their neglect, according to the Edict of July 1 st 1647. Fighting and striking. 5 th . All fighting is forbid, drawing of knives, striking with the fist and wounding. Offenders to be punished as ordained in the edict of 15th Dec. Inn keepers. All tavern keepers to be …
and live with him, neither shall he take in his service or harbour them in his house more than 24 hours without acquainting the Officer or Fiscal of the same, for servants shall be obliged to fulfil their contracts and to follow the order of the 6U» of Oct. 1648, and the custom of Holland. Highways. Item. No person may encumber or obstruct the highways by falling trees in …
No person shall place privies on the highways or streets so as to allow the hogs to root up the filth in the same, on the penalty of 6 guilders for the first offence, 6 guilders for the second, and imprisonment for the third offence. Weights and Measures. Yard stick, measures and weights must be sealed and made alike, according to the custom of Amsterdam in Holland, on the …
All persons to be kept to the three publications of the bans before marriage and to wait one month thereafter so as to give opportunity for the making of legal objections if any exist; if after the expiration of that time either party refuse to marry without giving lawful reasons, they shall be liable to a penalty of 10 guilders for the first week and 20 guilders for every …
No person may surreptitiously hold a meeting for public worship, or sing, read, or preach in the same, on the penalty of 100 pounds Flemish and the hearers to be each liable to a penalty of 25 pounds Flemish, without regard to the religion or sect they may be of, as per the edict of the 1st of ; Feby. 1657. Brewers not to be retailers of liquors. These two occupations may not …
No man may draft public documents or papers, unless authorized by the Director General and Council ; offenders shall be brought to trial before the high court of judicature according to the edict of May 1649. Receiving articles in pawn for liquor forbidden. No man may take anything in pawn for liquors, on penalty of restoring the coods, and paying in addition 25 guilders for …
The Sheriff shall be present, as often as possible, at all the meetings and preside over the same but should he act for himself as party, or in behalf of the rights of the Lords Patroons or of Justice, he shall, in such case, rise from his seat and leave the Bench & in that event he shall not have any advisory much less a concluding vote, but the oldest Schepen shall, then …
subject to his jurisdiction, for which purpose one person shall be annually appointed from each Village who shall assemble in the most convenient place to be selected by them, and who shall have power to pronounce final judgment to the amount of fl. 240 Beavers and thereunder. But in all cases exceeding that sum each one shall be entitled to an appeal to the Governour General …
All Inhabitants of the abovenamed Villages shall be citable before said Sheriff and Schepens or their delegated Councillors who shall hold their meetings and courts as often as they shall consider requisite. 7. All criminal offences shall be referred to the Governour General and Council, on condition that apprehend the offenders, to seize and detain them & to convey them as …