Document: Order on a complaint of the fiscal vs. William Brouwer

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0226
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Order. On a complaint of the fiscal vs. William Brouwer, shoemaker; defendant to pay duty on Russia leather, &c., imported by him, and to make a pair of shoes for the fiscal.

Document Date
1656-09-27
Document Date (Date Type)
1656-09-27
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Translation
Translation

At the session the lord fiscal d’Sille had a small package brought and opened from the ship the Vergulden Otter consigned to Willem Brouwer, schoenmaecker, while on the same manifest as only some shoemakers’ goods were declared; therefore, in Holland no recognition fee was charged, and whereas three pieces of Russian leather[i] and three pieces of Spanish leather, 20 lbs. of shoemaker’s twine, was found therein, which [several lines lost] in Holland [ ] to amount to ƒ40:7:– [ ] paid for recognition fee ƒ3.

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.

Translation Superscripts
[i]: Juchten: Russian red leather.
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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_0226.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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William Brouwer
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The Fiscal
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