Translation
Order referring to the city authorities a petition for enlarging the city gate at the East river and repairing the road
Having read the petition of Willem Teller, in which he requested that the city’s gate on the East River and the road might be made capable of allowing a cart to pass in and out so that a cart could come to his house, which now cannot take place because the gate is too narrow and the road is in disrepair, as can be more fully seen in the petition (copied in the copy book, folio [blank]), it was decided after due deliberation that the petitioner be referred to the magistrates of this city concerning this matter, which, according to their discretion and circumstances, they can have their surveyors look at, and provide therein as they shall see fit. Done at 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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