Document: Order permitting Peter Laurens to carry his own goods to the South river

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Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0254c

Description

Order. Permitting Peter Laurens to carry his own goods to the South river, on condition of conveying some soldiers thither and bringing back a cargo of stone.

Document Date

1656-10-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-10-26

Document Type

Order

Minutes

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Order

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Translation

It was represented in council that the skippers wanted a large sum of money for the transport of soldiers’ goods destined for the South River; and that Pieter Laurensz had offered to convey the soldiers’ goods there in the Company’s yacht, if he could load and transport his own goods in the same vessel, while we with our men would in the meantime [ use his yacht for carrying stones etc. It was resolved to agree to it. Date as above. ] [i]

Translation Superscripts

[i]: Recovered text from translation in NYCD 12:130.

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_0254c.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.