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"The court . . . do adjudge ye sd John Manning to be . . . brought ought to the public place before ye City Hall, there to have his sword broken over his head & from that time be rendred uncapable of wearing a sword or serving his Maty. . .."New York, 1846. Ribbon-bound.
This official six-page extract from the Colonial Council Minutes of New York measures 8" x 13" and is bound within a blank leaf tied with a pink ribbon. This single 1846 document combines the official 1674 record of Captain John Burroughs's surrender of the colony to the Netherlands in 1673 as well as his subsequent trial and sentencing. It is in nice shape.
In 1609, under the flag of the Dutch East India Company, Henry Hudson sailed up the river that now bears his name searching for a northwest passage to Asia. Along the way men from his ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), explored the region. Five years later, the Netherlands established Fort van Nassouwen, a factoring (i.e., combination fort and trading post) near present-day… Read More