Document: Resolution to rent the Ferry at New Amsterdam to the highest bidder

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0771c

Description

Resolution to rent the Ferry at New Amsterdam to the highest bidder.

Document Date

1658-03-19

Document Date (Date Type)

1658-03-19

Document Type

Resolution

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Resolution

Full Resolution Image

Download, 100MB+ (Right-Click)

Translation

Received the petition of Egbert van Borssum veerman, requesting that he be allowed to continue as ferryman for the sum of ƒ300 per year, and that it would not be farmed out publicly.

It is resolved, according to the custom of our fatherland, the ferry must be publicly farmed out to the highest bidder, and when this will be done the petitioner can, together with others, bid as much as agrees with his good judgment. Dated as above.

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 8.

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_0771c.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.