Document: Order for the issue of a writ of appeal to Isaac Mesa from a judgment pronounced against him by the vice-director at the South river

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0595a
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Order. For the issue of a writ of appeal to Isaac Mesa, a Jew, from a judgment pronounced against him by the vice-director at the South river.

Document Date
1657-06-12
Document Date (Date Type)
1657-06-12
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Translation
Translation

[several lines lost] and added councilors [ ] some dispute between [ ] of the Swedish nation, requested [ ] accepted and received in appeal, [ ] [i]

After due deliberation it was decided to accept the petitioner in a writ of appeal, provided, according to custom, twelve guilders is put down as security, which having been done, he is ordered, because the schout of the Swedes is ready to depart, to deliver his charge and conclusion within twenty-four hours, in order to be able to dispose thereon as promised. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Dated as above.

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 8.

Translation Superscripts
[i]: O’Callaghan’s calendar reads “June 12. Order. For the issue of a writ of appeal to Isaac Mesa, a Jew, from a judgment pronounced against him by the vice-director at the South river.”
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_0595a.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.

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South River
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Isaac Mesa
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