Document: Ordinance imposing a duty of 10 per cent on all imports except provisions, malt, tobacco and sugar, which are free

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0843
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Ordinance. Imposing a duty of 10 per cent on all imports, except provisions, malt, tobacco and sugar, which are free.

Document Date
1658-04-16
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1658-04-16
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[several lines lost] from [ ] are being [ ] and which goods [ a recognition fee ] not, is and is being [ ]. It is agreed and ordered by the aforesaid director general and councilors that a 10 percent recognition fee of the true value shall be paid on all merchandise that is imported here from the North, Virginia, or elsewhere without this province, except for the provisions of malt, tobacco, and sugar, on which for the time being no recognition fee shall have to be paid, and merchandise is also understood to mean and include all wines, beers, vinegar and oil, on which, as on other wares, recognition fees shall have to be paid as well. 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.

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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_0843.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.
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New Netherland Institute website.

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