Document: Judgment in the case of Solomon la Chair vs. Jan Laurens

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0264
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Judgment in the case of Solomon la Chair, appellant, vs. Jan Laurens, respondent; decision of the city court affirmed with costs.

Document Date
1656-10-31
Document Date (Date Type)
1656-10-31
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Judgment
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[several lines lost] Jan Laurens [several lines lost] and oral arguments [ ] further, paid attention to everything required, the director general and councilors of New Netherland declare the judgment by the burgomasters and schepenen, dated 2 October last past, pronounced between the petitioner, Salemon La Chair, and the cited Jan Laurens, to be properly pronounced and improperly appealed; and therefore, the petitioner is hereby ordered to give the defendant satisfaction according to the tenor of the aforesaid judgment, on pain of as it is therein expressed and is further condemned to pay expenses incurred by the parties therein. Done in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Dated as above.[i]

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]: See RNA 2:151–153 and 178–179 for this case.
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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_0264.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.

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Jan Laurens
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Solomon la Chair
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