Document: Sentence of William Mosgrou

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0399
Description

Sentence. William Mosgrou (? Mosgrove) for killing hogs; to be banished with his wife and servant out of the province, and pay costs and damages.

Document Date
1654-10-20
Document Date (Date Type)
1654-10-20
Document Type
Sentence
Minutes
Document Type Unlinked
Sentence
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Translation
Translation

and [ blessing ], and remain your honors' friend and neighbor; was signed: P. Stuyvesant; dated: 26 October 1654.[158]

Whereas Willem Mosgrou lived for some years on Long Island in the Walloon quarter[159] and then in Gravesande where there were constant rumors that he shot, carried away and ate other people's hogs; consequently he was forced to leave there and came to live on Manhattan Island. Before his arrival, there were few if any complaints by the husbandmen and farmers

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 5.

Translation Superscripts
[158]: Although not addressed, this letter was presumably intended for the governor and council of Connecticut.
[159]: i.e., de Wale quartier, probably the Wallabout Bay area of Brooklyn.
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_0399.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.

To Party 1
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William Mosgrou
To Party 1 Entity
Individual
A1809 Additional Party
Dutch Colonial Council
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch Colonial Council Minutes (Series A1809 _ 1638-1665)
Box
2
Volume
5
Item
399
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54936