Document: Resolution to let the excise of the Ferry, Breuckelen, Midwout, Amesfort and adjacent places to the highest bidder

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New York State Archives

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NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0440a

Description

Resolution. To let the excise of the Ferry, Breuckelen, Midwout, Amesfort and adjacent places to the highest bidder.

Document Date

1654-11-25

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-11-25

Document Type

Resolution

Minutes

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Resolution

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Translation

At the session it has been resolved to farm out [ ] of the ferry[1] and the villages of Breuckelen, Midwout, Amesfoort and adjacent settlements, at the first opportunity, to the highest bidder at public auction, for important reasons known to the honorable director-general and high council. Done at our session held in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, 25 November 1654; and was signed: P. Stuyvesant, N. de Sille, La Montangne, Cor. van Tienhooven.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: This is the settlement on Manhattan near the ferry to Long Island.

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_V05_0440a.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.