Document: Permit to Jean Labatie of Fort Orange to build a house within the fort and to brew therein

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A0270-78_V2_157e

Description

Permit to Jan La Battie, master carpenter at Fort Orange, to build house there and use it as a brewery. [1647]

Document Date

1647-06-15

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-06-15

Document Type

Permit

Translation

Whereas Jean La Battie, master carpenter, has had a request presented to us that he be permitted to erect a house inside of Fort Orange and to brew therein without having it interfere with the Company’s work, promising to pay therefor annually to the honorable Company six merchantable beavers; therefore, the same is granted and permitted to him hereby, to wit: that he shall be at liberty to brew in the house built by him there and to enjoy the ground of the house as long as the honorable Company shall retain possession of Fort Orange and as long as the Company’s work while he, La Battie is in its service, shall not be neglected by the brewing, and this on condition of paying the Company annually six merchantable beavers. This day, the 15th of June anno 1647, in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland.

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/A0270/NYSA_A0270-78_V2_157e.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 2, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1647 (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.