Document: Order to inhabitants of New Castle to obey the directions of the court

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New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1879-78_V20_0073
Description

Order thereupon; parties to obey the directions of the court on pain of paying double the expense of the work.

Document Date
1675-06-05
Document Date (Date Type)
1675-06-05
Document Type
Order
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Translation
Translation

Honorable Gentlemen of the Council of New Castle:[1]

Pursuant to the permission given to us by your Honors to submit our complaints and desires in writing, we protest, with all due reverence, against being obliged to help build Mr. Hans Block's dike and have resolved not to do it, having no reason for it, unless we should be expressly ordered to do so by the Honorable General. We therefore all desire and humbly request also to have a copy of it so that we may act accordingly.

Concerning the marshland formerly belonging to Capt. Carr, we are ready to help build the dike together with the inhabitants of New Castle on the condition that we shall have a hereditary right to use a portion of the marshland and we will keep our part in repair. We request of your Honor to grant us a delay to do the aforesaid work until the grain is in the ground. Requesting herewith a favorable recommendation, we remain, etc.

New Castle 5 June 1675

[ Notation: ] The petitioners are commanded to obey our previous order immediately and in case of refusal the High Sheriff shall have the construction done at their doubled expense according to the Lord General's definitive order.

by the Court ordered[4]

[ Verso: ] Domine Fabricius and Ogle to bee sent for here and the other here subscribed to bee questioned and sentenced at the generall Court at Delaware.[5]

[ Endorsed: ] No. 9 N. Castle in Delowor 5th of June 1675Petition to the Court in oposition to order.

Jacop van der Veer
Evert Eck
Tomas Jacobsen
Matihas Matihason Defo[ ]
Jacob Janssen
Martin X Gertsen
John Ogle
John X Breadborne
Pieter Jegou
Will. Tom

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 York (Colony). Council. British Delaware River Settlement Administrative Records, 1664-1682. Series A1879. Volume 20.

Translation Superscripts
[1]: Damaged portions of this document have been recovered from the signed copy (20:72), which lacks the court order, the order on the cover-fold, and the endorsement; the signatures of Jacob Janssen and Martin Gertsen also do not appear on this copy. Other translation and transcription in NYCD 12:534.
[4]: This is Capt. Evert Hendriksen Eck. c.f., 20:69.
[5]: NYCD 12:534 has Deforest as Matthias Matthiassen's surname. The final letters of the name have been lost due to a tear in the document. The name Matthias Matthiassen de Vos appears throughout NCCR and it is probable that de Vos was a variant form of Deforest in Delaware.
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/A1879/NYSA_A1879-78_V20_0073.xml Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C. trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. 20-21, Delaware Papers: English Period, 1664-1682 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1981). 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.

Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council British Delaware River settlement administrative records - Dutch Records (Series A1879 _ 1664-1682)
Box
1
Volume
20
Item
73
Link
https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/51008