Document: Order to John Adams to either defend himself in the suit for slandering Mrs. Beeckman or satisfy the judgment

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0549b
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Order. John Adams to defend himself in the suit for slandering Mrs. Beeckman, or to satisfy the judgment.

Document Date
1657-05-01
Document Date (Date Type)
1657-05-01
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Translation

The director general and councilors of New Netherland,[i] resuming the act of landwinning [ii] granted to Jan Adams last 27 March for a period of six contiguous months, the aforesaid Jan Adams is summoned to the session and ordered, pursuant to the tenor of the aforesaid act of landwinning, to answer for the injurious words and aspersions, which are claimed that he proclaimed against the housewife of Willem Beeckman; either justify himself or make atonement within the period of the aforesaid six months. 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]: See RNA 2:200–201, 231, 265, 275, and 281–282 for proceedings related to this case.
[ii]: A legal act allowing an indicted person to remain free without threat of molestation until 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_V08_0549b.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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John Adams
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Beeckman
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