Document: Evidence of the Indian to whom Michel Tadens sold brandy

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0106a

Description

Evidence. Of the Indian to whom Michel Tadens sold the brandy, and said Tadens' plea in abatement.

Document Date

1656-07-31

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-07-31

Document Type

Evidence

Minutes

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Evidence

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Translation

[ ] he [ ] brought to Michel Tadens’s and when? Answer: He has never brought any fish to Michiel Tadens.

To whom did he give the sewant for the brandy?

Answer: That he put it in a drink that Michiel Tadens pointed him to.

The prisoner, Michiel Tadens, was asked what else he had to say for his innocence.

He answered that he had not hoped after being 14 to 15 years in the country to be touched now by scandal. He requested mercy. Dated the end of July 1656.

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_V08_0106a.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.