Document: Resolution of the Amsterdam chamber concerning land acquisition in New Netherland

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NYSA_A1810-78_V11_67c

Description

Resolution. Amsterdam chamber to grant Jacob Baselier 500 morgens of land on Long island, on condition that he convey 20 persons thither in the course of a year.;Resolution. Same to assist Machteltje Martens, wife of Andries Barentsen, a soldier, to join her husband in New Netherland.;Resolution. Same permitting Gerard Smith and Nicolas and Joost van Beeck to select, by themselves or agents, as much land in New Netherland as they can cultivate (supra, p. 60).

Document Date

1652-04-18

Document Date (Date Type)

1652-04-18

Document Type

Resolution

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Resolution

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Translation

[1]Thursday, 18 April 1652

Upon the petition of Srs. Geraerd Smith, Nicolaes and Joost van Beeck, it was resolved to recommend that the petitioners shall be allowed to select either by themselves or through [ their agents as much and such land in New Netherland as they shall be able to cultivate, also one or two good lots on the Manhattans to build houses ] and the director there shall be [ written to ], to offer a helping hand therein and to assist the aforesaid petitioners in everything, subject to the conditions of the exemptions and the rules of the Company already in force or hereafter to be made.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: Missing material supplied from NYCD, 14:181.

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/A1810/NYSA_A1810-78_V11_67c.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translated in: Correspondence, 1647-1653, trans. and ed. Charles T. Gehring ("New Netherland Documents Series") (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000).

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.