Petition to the New Amsterdam Council (1655) addressed to Governor General Peter Stuyvesant:
<We, Jacob Barsimson and Asser Levy, members of the Jewish community wish to be included, not exempted or excluded, from Military Service in the common defense of New Amsterdam.> 1655NA001
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American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement.
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1655NA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Petition to the New Amsterdam Council, 1655, addressed to Governor General Peter Stuyvesant.