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1736, April 2. The mayor executed a deed to Capt. Henry Holland for the lott of ground mentioned in the Minutes of Comon Council the 31st day of March last, according to the Resolution of that day.
Edward Holland, Esq. gave his bond for the twenty pound mentioned to be paid for the consideration money of the above lott, payable the first day of October next.
This board orders the Treasurer to pay twelve shil- lings to Tobias Ryckman.
1736, May 18. The following Letter was wrote to George Clarke, Esq., President of the Council at New York :
The mayor comunicated to this board ye Letter of the 11th instant, directed to Capt. Collins, whereby we per- ceived that you would have our opinion of a certain tract of land in the Mohawks country, petitioned for by Messrs. Sam'l Storke and Peter Brugh Livingston to his Maj'ie. We therefore shall endeavour to give you our opinion of it and its consequences according to the best of our capacity and understanding. In the first place we join your Honour in opinion that there is a course left out. However we can partly guess where the lands petitioned for ly's, and are well assured that great part of the said tract is already patented, and we are credibly informed that there are several purchases made from the Mohawks in the regular method for part of the said tract. We are also assured that some of the Mohawk Indians are seated on part of it, but cannot conceive that any of the Mohawk fflatts are included in those imperfect boun- daries. We are confident that the method made use of by those Gentlemen, first to obtain a patent for lands be- fore a purchase made from the Natives will prove of ill consequence and alienate the Indians from his Maj'es interest and create great animosities and strife between them and us, and in the end drive them from us to the french, so that we most earnestly entreat your Honour that you would in the strongest manner you can to sett forth the ill consequences of such proceedings to the Lords of Trade and desire them to discountenance such practices.
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1736, June 26. This day sold unto Johannis De Gar- moy, Harmanus Wendell, David Groesbeck and Jelles De Garmoy, a lott of ground scituate, lying and being on the north side of the city of Albany, on the south side of the foxes kill or creek, beginning near the sd creek, six rods west from where the Stockadoes now stands, running westerly along said Foxes creek, as the creek runs nine rodd, from thence southerly wt a streight line ten rodd towards the hill, from thence easterly nine rodd, from thence northerly to the place where first begun ten rodd with the use of the said creek for their tan pitts, for which they are to pay fifteen pounds on the mayors executing a deed for the same. Resolved that the mayor for the time being shall execute to them a deed for sd lott of ground and cause the city seal to be thereunto affixed.
This day sold unto Abraham Harpertse Van Deusen and Hendrick Gerritse Van Ness a lott of ground scituate, lying and being on the north side of the foxes creek, within the limitts of the city of Albany, beginning . on the north side of said foxes creek at a stake drove into the ground about four and a half rodd westerly from the south-west corner of the ground belonging to Wynant Vanden Bergh where he makes his bricks, just on the west side of the ground where sd Wynant Vandenbergh hath digg'd the clay for making his bricks, running west- erly along sd creek as the sd creek runs seven rodd, from thence northerly with a streight line four rodd, from thence easterly seven rodd, from thence southerly to the place where first begun four rodd, with the use of said creek for their tan pitts, for which they agree to pay ten pound on executing the deed to them for the same. Resolved that the mayor in behalf of this corporation shall execute said deed and cause the city seal to be thereunto affixed.
This day sold unto Thomas Wilkinson a lott of ground scituate, lying and being on the south side of the city of Albany on the old Gallows hill, bounded on the north by a lott of ground sold to Robert Flint the twenty-eighth day of June last, containing in breadth from north to
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south (ranging on the same course with Robert Flint's lott) forty foot, in length from east to west twelve rodd, all Rynland measure, for which said Thomas Wilkinson agrees to pay fifteen pounds in manner following, that is to say, seven pound ten shillings on executing the deed, and the remaining seven pounds ten shillings on or be- fore the first day of July 1738, for which he is to execute a bond payable to the mayor, aldermen and comonalty or their successors, and three shillings yearly rent for ever; the first payment to begin the first day of July 1738. Resolved that the mayor in behalf of the corpo- ration execute a deed for the same and cause the city seal to be thereunto affixed.
This board agreed with Jesse Deforeest and Anthony Bratt to keep in repair the roads which the city is obliged to repair by virtue of an act of Assembly of this Province, as they shall from time to time be directed by ye mayor or any one of the aldermen. The bridges within the city excepted, for which they are to have three pounds twelve shillings per annum, paid yearly for the term of six years.
1736, June 30. This day was published the following ordinances :
An ordinance relating to the markets; an ordinance relating to the observation of the Lord's day and the be- haviour of the Negroes; an ordinance regulating the fees of the inviters to funerals.
1736, July 21. This board drew an order on Barent Bratt, city treasurer, to send them twelve shillings, which they gave to the poor Prisoners.
1736, July 31. This day the mayor, aldermen and comonalty sold the following lotts of ground unto the following persons for the consideration money after ex- pressed, viz:
To Jacob Lansingh a lott of ground lying to the west- ward of the city of Albany on the south side of the foxes creek, bounded on the east by a lott of ground sold to Johannis D. Garmoy, Harmanus Wendell, David Groes- beeck and Jellis De Garmoy, on the north by the foxes
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creek, on the west by a lott of ground belonging to Abra- ham Lansingh, and on the south by the hills; containing in breadth from east to west eight rodd, in length from north to south ten rodd, all Rynland measure, for which he agrees to pay thirteen pounds.
To Adam Yetts, Jun'r and Johannis Pruyn, Jun'r, a piece or lott of ground lying to the southward of a lott of ground formerly sold to said Yetts and said Pruyn, where they have now a tan yard, containing to the south- ward along a small creek called Fountain creek which runns to the foxes creek three rodd and nine feet, from thence westerly to a stake drove in the ground six rodd, from thence northerly to the rear line of the abovemen- tioned lott where the tan yard stands three rodd and nine feet, all Rynland measure, for which they agree to pay six pounds.
To Jacob Ten Eyck a lott of ground lying to the west- ward of the city of Albany on the south side of the foxes creek, being part of the flatt or plain where Jan Maase made bricks, beginning on the east side by an old burnt stump of a tree, running westerly along the foxes creek as said creek runns six rodd, from thence southerly towards the hill to a stake drove in the ground, from thence easterly to another stake drove in the ground six rodd, from thence northerly to the place where first be- gun ten rodd, all Rynland measure, for which he is to pay fifteen pounds.
To Gerrit Lansingh and Hendrick Vandeusen a water lott lying behind the lott belonging to the Dutch church, now in the possession of Dr. Petrus Van Driesen, con- taining in breadth before and behind seventy-five foot, in length to low water mark, to leave a street betwixt the afd lott in the possession of Dr. Van Driesen and sd water lott of three rodd Rynland.
1736, July 31. The lott of ground sold to Johannis Wyngaert the 18th day of May last not measuring so much as there expressed, this board have this day agreed with said Wyngaert for said lott, containing along the street from the north bounds of a lott formerly sold to [ Annals, x.] 7
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Jan Winne, decd, ranging on the same course twenty-five foot, from thence up the hill seven rodd, from thence southerly to the line of the aforesd lott sold to said Jan Winne, decd, twenty-nine foot, from thence along said lott to the place where first begun at the street eight rodd, all Rynland measure, for which sd Wyngaert agrees to pay seventeen pounds by the delivery of the deed.
Resolved that the mayor in behalf of the mayor, alder- men and comonalty execute a deed for the same and affix the city seal thereto.
1736, August 30. This board ordered a caveat to be enter'd in the Secretary's office that no Patent might pass for any low land at Tienenderoge till the mayor, alder- men and comonality be heard thereupon and give their reasons.
This board ordered another caveat to be entered in the Surveyor General's office to hinder the return of a war- rant of survey till the mayor, aldermen and comonalty be heard thereupon, which was in the words following :
The mayor, aldermen and comonalty of the city of Albany desire that Jan Wemp or any other person or persons may not have any warrant of survey returned by the Surveyor General for any part of the low land lying at Tienenderoge in the Mohawks country in the county of Albany, untill the mayor, aldermen and com- monalty be heard thereupon and give their reasons.
This board agreed wt Benjamin Egbertse to enter the one caveat at Dr. Colden's office and to put up the other in the Secretary's office at New York for which he is to have twenty shillings.
Whereas the Inhabitants of the second ward are en- clined to build a Market house where the old Block house stood, between Abraham Lansinghs and Jan Maase's, which this board permitts them to do and allow six pound for promoting of the same, and orders the Treasurer to pay said sum to Cornelis Cuyler and Johan's E. Wendell, Esqs., as soon as the roof is put on the same.
This day a warrant was drawn on the Treasurer to give to Johan's Seger six skipple of wheat.
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1736, Sept. 20. This day sold to Abraham Fort a piece or parcel of wood land scituate, lying and being at Schaahkook in the county of Albany, beginning at a large white oak tree standing about one hundred yds. from the Indian burying place; running easterly to the foot of the hill, thence southerly along the foot of the hill three hundred and fifty yards, thence westerly to the Indian fence two hundd yards, thence northerly along sd Indian fence to the place where first begun, to make up the quantity of six morgans and no more, for which he is to pay four pounds in the month of January 173g.
This day sold to Philip Winne a certain piece or parcel of wood land lying at Schaahkook in the county of Albany, not to exceed forty morgans, beginning where the Road comonly called Planke Patt comes in to Hudsons river right over Sam'l Doxy's house, running easterly along said Planke Patt to the foot of the hill, thence southerly along the foot of the hill till it comes opposite to the northernmost point of an Island lying in Hudsons river, called Stoney Island, thence westward to said Hudson's river, and so along said Hudson's river northerly to said Planke Patt where first begun; together with a certain ffiatt or piece of low land on the north side of Planke Patt till it comes to a small Kill or Creek, which is the southernmost bounds of Jan Christianse's land along sd River, for which sd Philip Winne agrees to pay thirty pound in manner following, to witt: Ten pound in May 1737, ten pound in May 1738, and ten pounds in May 1739, and six Sk: of wheat of yearly rent in the months of January or February for ever. The first pay- ment to begin in January or February 1743.
Resolved that the mayor on behalf of the mayor, alder- men and comonalty execute deeds for the above men- tioned pieces or parcels of land and affix the city seal thereto.
1736, Sept. 29. This day sold to Johannis Knicker- backer a certain piece or parcel of wood land, scituate, lying and being at Schaahkook in the county of Albany, containing twelve morgans, beginning where the old In-
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dian foot road that leads from Schaahkook to Twight- kook meets a small run of water at the foot of the hill, thence northward along the foot of the hill six hundred yards, thence westward two hundred yards, thence south- ward to the afd run of water six hundred yards, thence eastward along sd creek to the place where first begun two hundred yards, to make in the whole twelve morgans and no more. For which said Johan's Knickerbacker agrees to pay eighteen pounds, that is to say, nine pounds the first day of May next, and nine pounds the first day of May 1738.
Resolved that the mayor on behalf of the mayor, alder- men and comonalty execute a deed for the same and affix the city seal thereto.
Pursuant to the directions of the Charter of the city of Albany being the day appointed for the electing of aldermen, assistants and constables for sd city, the fol- lowing persons were chosen, viz :
First Ward-Johannis Tenbroeck and Gerr. v Bent- huysen, for aldermen; Isaac Boghaert and Hend'k Bries, assistants; Johan's J. Lansingh and Wessel V. Schaick, constables.
Second Ward-Hans Hansen and Johan's Roseboom, Jun'r, aldermen; Johannis Glen and Douwe Fonda, as- sistants; Gerrit Wyngaert and Peter S. Bogardus, con- stables.
Third Ward-Leendert Gaansevoort and Ryckart Han- sen, aldermen; Anthony Bratt and Peter P. Schuyler, assistants; Harme Gaansevoort and Johannis Jacobse Lansing, constables.
Johannis Spoor was appointed high constable for the year ensuing.
Barent Bratt was chosen city chamberlain for the year ensuing and ordered to enter into bond wt surety as usual.
1736, Oct. 4. Edward Holland, Esq., mayor, desired of the Comon Council that they would forbear requiring the paymt of his bond of twenty pound, payable the first day of this instant, till the first day of next ensuing October, and that he pay no interest for the same, which
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the Comon Council agree to and desire the same may be entered in their minutes.
The Comon Council agreed to give Jacob Ten Eyck time to the fourth day of next October for the payment of the two lotts he bought the 31st day of July last, be- ing twenty-seven pounds, for which he has this day given bond accordingly.
1736, Oct. 5. The mayor laid before this board copy of a Petition and Order of Council for this Corporation to be heard before the Council at New York on Thursday the 14th instant, on the Caveat entered by this Corpora- tion against Jan Wemp's obtaining a Patent for the land at Tienenderoge.
Whereupon it is Resolved that this board think it ab- solutely necessary and for the advantage of this city that the mayor repair to New York as soon as possible in or- der to act, transact and forward all matters and things for the advantage of this city, and to defend the Corpo- ration's right to the lands at Tienenderoge, with full power and authority to imploy Council learned in the Law, for their advice and assistance, and to give to such Council such reasonable fee or reward as he shall think proper and necessary, not to exceed twelve pounds.
Resolved that the mayor shall have eight pounds for his trouble and that he shall be further allowed ten shil- lings per day for the time he is necessitated to stay at New York on the city affairs after the 17th instant, and in case the mayor shall expend any money upon neces- sary occasions in this affair, that the sd charges shall be paid clear and exclusive of his allowance for his trouble.
Ordered that Barent Bratt advance twenty pound to the mayor for which he is to be accountable at his return.
Johannis Seger and Zechariah Zieckelsie agreed with this board to be watchmen for six months, to commence the 14th instant, upon the same conditions as before.
Ordered that Mr. Henry Koster give to Johannis Seger a Lanthorn for the use of the Watch, for which the Treasurer is to pay six shillings. £0:6:0
Ordered that the Treasurer pay to Johan's Seger for
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his trouble in cleaning the water Engine, - £0:6:0
Resolved by this board that a comon road be left on the west side of the lott sold to Johannis Tenbroeck and Peter Dewandelaer the 31st day of July last past, of one and a half rodd Rynland measure, for a free passage over the foxes creek.
Resolved that the mayor take wt him to New York the original Charter of the city of Albany in case he should have occasion for it, in defending the city's right to the land at Tienenderoge.
Johannis Dewandelaer delivered to this board a Peti- tion to purchase twenty morgans of land at Schaahkook on the south side of Tamhenicks creek.
Resolved that the same be taken into consideration.
1736, Nov. 12. This Board ordered Ryckart Hansen and Anthony Bratt to go to Schaahkook and view the parcels of land that Johan's Dewandelaer, Lewis Viele and Nicholas and Wouter Groesbeck have severally pe- titioned for, and to bring Report of the quality, quantity and boundaries of said three parcels of land, and to order the Petitioners to be here on fryday next to treat about the same.
The following persons were chosen fire masters:
First Ward-Jacob Claes van Woert and John Eaton.
Second Ward-Luykas J'se Wyngaert and Guilleyn Verplanck.
Third Ward-Jacob Wendell and Abram Boghaert.
An order was drawn on Bart Bratt to pay to Joh's Seger eight pound and to take his bond payable the 14th Octo- ber next, wt interest.
1736, Nov. 20. This day was sold to Nicholas Groes- beeck and Wouter Groesbeeck a certain piece or parcel of land lying at Schaahkook in the county of Albany, on the south side of Tamhenick creek, beginning at a bitter nutt tree which is about one hundred yards to the west- ward of the west end of the pasture ground now in the possession of the said Nicholas and Wouter Groesbeeck, and which said pasture ground lyes on the north side of said Tamhenicks creek, running from said bitter nutt
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tree south-westerly along the foot of the hill till a point of said hill meets s creek and so along sd creek as the creek runs to the place where first begun, containing in the whole about five or six morgans, more or less, together with the priviledge of running their fence from the opposite part of the west end of the Pasture now in their possession over the ridge of a hill (that lyes between) to the said bitter nutt tree, for which they agree to pay eighteen pounds, that is to say, nine pounds in the month of May now next ensuing, and nine pounds in the month of May seventeen hundred and thirty-eight, as also the yearly rent of two fatt hens in the month of January or February, the first payment to begin in January or February seventeen hundred thirty-seven and eight.
This day sold to Lewis Viele a certain piece or parcel of land lying at Schaakook in the county of Albany on the south side of Tamhenecks creek, beginning almost opposite to a place comonly called the Kleyne Clay Hill which lyes on the north side of said creek, running along the foot of the hill circularly till said hill meets the said creek, which is between two or three hundred yards from a fall in said creek, and so along said creek to the place where first begun, containing about six or seven morgans, for which he agrees to pay eighteen pounds, that is to say, nine pounds in the month of May next, and the other nine pounds in the month of May seventeen hundred and thirty-eight, as also the yearly rent of two fatt hens in the month of January or February, first payment to begin in January or February seventeen hundred thirty-seven and eight.
This day sold to Johannis Dewandelaer a certain piece or parcel of wood land lying at Schaahkook in the county of Albany, on the south side of Tamhenicks creek, beginning about fifty yards lower down the creek than where Louis Viele's bounds of the land this day sold him begins, so running south-westerly along the foot of the high hills, which high hills are about six hundred yards from the creek, and so along the foot of the hills till it comes over against where John Burton used to live, and
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so along said creek as the creek runs to the place where first begun, reserving a road of fifty yards broad near where Joh's Quackenboss has his tan pitts, for which he is to pay forty pounds, viz : twenty pounds in the month of May next and twenty pounds in the month of May seventeen hundred and thirty-eight, as also the yearly rent of two fatt hens in the months of Jan'ry or Feb'ry, the first payment to begin in Jan'ry or Feb'ry seventeen hundred thirty-seven and eight. The quantity of land contained w'in sd bounds is supposed to be twenty-five or thirty morgans, more or less. Resolved that the mayor in behalf of the mayor, aldermen and comonalty execute deeds for the three parcels of land above mentioned and cause the city seal to be affixed to the same.
Drawn an order on Barent Bratt to pay to John Heaton six shillings.
The clerk wrote a letter to Barnardus Bratt, by order of Comon Council, forbidding him or his brother to threaten or molest Simon Danielse in his possession. They further acquainted him that he could not but know that the land whereon he lived belong'd to them and that if he did not come down and agree wt them, they would eject him.
1734, Feb. 18th. This day Jan Wemp appeared be- fore this board and desired to agree with the mayor, aldermen and comonalty for a certain piece or parcel of low land lying at Tiennenderoge in the Mohawks coun- try, now in the possession of the said Wemp, beginning at a certain Rock called Ostagrago, on the south side of the Mohawks river, and so running up along said river till it comes to the stump of a white pine Tree, from thence with a streight line towards the Hills over the Indian burying place, as the fence now runs to a small kill or creek, thence along the said creek as it runns to the said rock where first begun; for which he agreed to pay the yearly rent of one skipple of good and mer- chantable winter wheat in the month of January or Feb- ruary yearly, first payment to begin the January or February after the said mayor, aldermen and comonalty
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execute a lease for said land. For performance of which agreement the said mayor, aldermen and comonalty are to enter into articles of agreement wt him interchangea- bly to be executed.
This day the mayor, aldermen and comonalty sold to Hugo Viele a certain piece or parcel of land lying at Schaahkook on the west side of Tamhenicks creek under the hill where the comon road runs over, running along under the foot of the hills over the ridge of a hill that stretches into said Tamhenicks creek, and so along the foot of the hills to the westermost bounds of Nicholas and Wouter Groesbeeck's land, containing all the land betwixt the said creek and the bounds above described, which is by computation about five morgans of low land besides the upland or ridge of the hill abovementioned, for which said Hugo Viele is to pay twenty-two pounds, to witt, eleven pounds by the delivery of the deed and eleven pounds on or before the first day of May 1738, and also the yearly rent of one couple of fatt hens in the month of Jan'ry or Feb'ry yearly. Resolved that the mayor on behalf of the mayor, aldermen and comonalty execute a deed for the same and affix the city seal thereto.
1737, April 30. This day the following ordinances were renewed and published, viz:
1 For regulating Carmen and Porters.
2 For regulating the Markets.
3 For the Masters of Vessels.
4 For cleaning the streets.
5 For paving the streets.
6 For preventing disturbances on the Lord's day and regulating Negroes.
The mayor, aldermen and comonalty agreed with John Bell to be common whipper for this city for one year, to commence on Munday next, being the second day of May for the sum of twelve pounds for one year, to be pd by the Corporation at two payments, and three shillings for every person, white or black, he shall whip. The master, mistress or owner to pay for the slaves. For . due performance of his office he has given a note under his hand for twenty pound.
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1737, May 2. The Comon Council order a Letter to be writt and sent to the Representatives of the city and county of Albany, which was in the words following :
Gentlemen: Whereas some years past a Petition from the Justices of the city and county of Albany, in their sessions was laid before the Assembly, praying leave to bring in a bill to the house for building a Gaol for said city and county, which hitherto has had no effect, we pray you may present sd Petition again, being a Court House and Gaol is absolutely necessary, insomuch that Justice cannot be duly executed for want thereof, your care and diligence herein will much oblige, Gentlemen.
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