Document: Minute of the appearance of the captains of the ships Otter and Dove before the council

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0168a

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Minute. Of the appearance of the captains of the ships Otter and Dove before the council, in relation to anchorage money.

Document Date

1656-09-06

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-09-06

Document Type

Minutes

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Minute

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Translation

[several lines lost] Stuyvesant, Nicolaes de Sille, and [ La Montagne ]. After reading the letter of the lords directors dated 14 June 1656, which arrived here with the ships Otter and Duyff on the 5th of this month, the skippers of the aforesaid ships, named Jan Jansz Bestevaer and Pieter Amelius, were summoned to and appeared at the session and were asked what anchorage money there is for them here or is to be paid? They answered together, one hundred pounds of powder; asked whether they should pay a bit more for anchorage money, they answered that no more was demanded of them. Dated as above.

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_0168a.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C., & Venema, J. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 8, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press: 2018.

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.