Translation
Order on a petition of the farmers of the excise for an ordinance to regulate their business
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[ ] excise of this city [ ] ordinance in order to [ ] themselves [ ] of their office, after [ deliberation ] [ ] recommended as follows: the conditions where [ ] petitioners have farmed the tappers’ excise [ ] are instructions whereby they are promptly to regulate themselves. Done at the session held in Amsterdam in New Netherland, ady ut supra.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 6, Council Minutes, 1655-1656 (Syracuse: 1995). A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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