Document: Order refusing permission to the farmers and their men in the vicinity of New Amsterdam to "pull the goose"

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0742c

Description

Order. Refusing permission to the farmers and their men in the vicinity of New Amsterdam, to "pull the goose."

Document Date

1658-02-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1658-02-26

Document Type

Order

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Order

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Translation

Received a petition of some farmers and farmhands living in this area, requesting to be allowed to pull the goose.[i]

It is resolved: The request is refused, because it is not only contrary to the edicts of the honorable high and mighty lords States of Holland, but also against the order of the director general and councilors of New Netherland. Dated as above.

Translation Superscripts

[i]: A game in which horseback riders attempted to carry away a greased goose suspended from a pole by grabbing its neck, all of which was accompanied by heavy drinking. In many places it was forbidden.

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_0742c.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.