Translation
Order to schout Jacob Strycker to call on constables to account for and pay public taxes
Schout Jacob Strycker.
Some of the late Constables on Long Island have complained
to me that some sums of money were still due them on the taxes or rates of the
previous English government; you are therefore required and commanded to summon all
the late Constables within your district, and to obtain from them an account and
balance of those taxes, and to report your success.
Whereupon relying, I remain,
after greeting.
| Your friend, | ||
| ( Signed ), | A. Colve. |
References
Translation: O'Callaghan, E.B., trans./ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, vol. 2 (Albany: Weed, Parsons: 1858), pp. 569-730 (vol. 23, pp. 1-270 only).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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