Document: Order suspending for two months the ordinance against thatched roofs in New Amsterdam

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0833b
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Order. Suspending for two months the ordinance against thatched roofs in New Amsterdam.

Document Date
1658-04-16
Document Date (Date Type)
1658-04-16
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A request or petition signed by various inhabitants here, and mainly containing a request [ ] was shown and delivered by the honorable burgomasters of this city at the meeting [several lines lost] opportunity [ ] the announcing of [ ] order to change their roof.

The director general and councilors, having taken the request into consideration, and in addition having paid attention to the enclosed petition of the said burgomasters, resolved the same petition as follows: At the petitioners’ request a delay of two months is granted and allowed from now on. 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.

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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_0833b.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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New Amsterdam
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