Document: Order on a petition of Jacob van Couwenhoven against the city survey

[several lines lost] which had been promised to him by the lord director general on 18 August 1649 that at an appropriate time he would be granted a patent; therefore, he requested that he be granted the promised patent.

After due deliberation it was decided: The petitioner shall have to regulate himself according to the order regarding the layout of the roads by the burgomasters and surveyors of this city in the presence of the esteemed lord director general and councilors. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 8th of May 1657.

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_0562a.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.