Document: Order in the suit of Richard Smith vs. the town of Huntington

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NYSA_A1881-78_V23_0200a
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Order in the suit of Richard Smith vs. the town of Huntington

Document Date
1674-01-17
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1674-01-17
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17th January.The Governor-General and Council of New Netherland having read and considered the petition of Richard Smith requesting, in substance, a rehearing in his suit against the inhabitants of the Town of Huntington touching some lands in dispute between them, which was granted him by the last Court of Assize in the time of the English government but was hitherto prevented by the reduction of the country.Ordered:Before final disposition be made herein, the Petitioner shall prove that the said Court of Assize hath, as he states, granted him a rehearing.

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Translation: O'Callaghan, E.B., trans./ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, vol. 2 (Albany: Weed, Parsons: 1858), pp. 569-730 (vol. 23, pp. 1-270 only).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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