Document: Order on the petition of Jacob Barsimson and Aser Levy, Jews, for leave to stand guard or be relieved from the tax paid by other Jews

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NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0147a

Description

Order. The petition of Jacob Barsimson and Aser Levy (Jews), for leave to stand guard like other burghers of New Amsterdam, or to be relieved from the tax paid by others of their nation; refused and petitioners permitted to go elsewhere if they like.

Document Date

1655-11-05

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-11-05

Document Type

Order

Petition

Minutes

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Order | Petition

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Translation

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5 November

Jacob Barsimson and Aser Levy request to be permitted to keep guard with other burghers, or be free from the tax which others of their nation pay, as they must earn their living by manual labor. After due deliberation it has been decided that the director general and councilors persist in the passed resolution.[1] However, if the petitioners are of the opinion that the result of this will be injurious to them, consent is hereby given to them to depart whenever and wherever it may please them. Ady ut supra.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: See LWA, 50 for this ordinance. Following a petition from four members of the “Jewish Nation” on April 20,1657, the burgomasters were authorized to admit Jews as burghers. For a translation of this as well as matters relating to the Jews of New Netherland, see Oppenheim’s The Early History of the Jews in New York, 36.

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_V06_0147a.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.