Document: Petition of Solomon La Chair for a writ of appeal from a judgment of the city court

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0239

Description

Petition. Solomon La Chair for a writ of appeal from a judgment of the city court; granted.

Document Date

1656-10-18

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-10-18

Document Type

Petition

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Petition

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Translation

[several lines lost] general and councilors.

Received the petition of [ ] Chair, protesting that [ ] aggrieved by a certain [ ] dated 2 of this month, pronounced by the magistrate of this city, between him and Jan Laurensz; therefore, he requests that it be taken up and received in appeal. After due deliberation it was decided to take up and hear the petitioner’s writ of appeal on the condition of paying at the secretary’s office twelve guilders according to custom. Dated as above.

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_0239.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.