Document: Judgment in appeal in the case of Matheus de Vos vs. Jan Lourensen

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Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0246a

Description

Judgment in appeal. In the case of Matheus de Vos, appellant, vs. Jan Lourensen, respondent; decision of the court of burgomasters and schepens affirmed.

Document Date

1654-04-13

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-04-13

Document Type

Judgment

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Judgment

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Translation

The director-general and council having heard, seen [ ] the judgment of the mayors and schepens of this city [ ] January, concerning the suit between Jan Lourenssen [ ] against Mattheus de Vos, defendant and appellant [ ].[99] After examination of the papers produced for this purpose, the director-general and high council declare the judgment to be just and [ ] . Thus done at the session of the director-general and high council held in New Amsterdam, 14 April 1654; and was signed: P. Stuyvesant, N. de Sille, C. van Werckhoven, La Montangne, Cor. van Thienhooven.

Translation Superscripts

[99]: See The Records of New Amsterdam, 1653-1674, edited by Berthold Fernow, 7 vols., 1897 (reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1976, 1:153 for this judgment.

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_0246a.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.