Document: Order on a difference between the towns of Woodbrige and Piscattaway (N. J.)

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NYSA_A1881-78_V23_0260
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Order on a difference between the towns of Woodbrige and Piscattaway (N. J.)

Document Date
1674-06-15
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1674-06-15
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On petition of Daniel Dentom and John Gilman, agents for the inhabitants of the Town of Piscattaway, at Aghler Coll, in regard to some valleys in dispute between them and the Town of Woodbridge.Ordered:The Governor-General and Council decree and direct, that this case in dispute between the Towns of Piscattaway and Woodbridge, must be decided by the Court of Schout and deputed Councillors, to whom shall be added some persons in consequence of the present small number of their Board.On the petition of the Schout and deputed Councillors of Aghter Coll, requesting further explanation of the third Article of their Instructions and that some persons may be added to their Board in order to decide the matter in question between the Towns of Woodbridge and Piscattaway,Ordered:Whereas the question is between two Towns and not between man and man, as mentioned in the 3rd Article of the Instruction, therefore said case can be decided only by the Court of Sellout and deputed Councillors, to whose number, on the Petitioners' request, shall be added some more persons for the decision of the case.

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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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