[221] Van Tienhoven. [222] Hildreth, vol. i. p. 441; also Hol. Doc., III. p. 351. [223] Annals of Albany, vol. ii. pp. 55-60. [224] O'Callaghan, p. 353. N.Y. Col. Docs., vol. ii, pp. 368, 369. [225] Brodhead, vol. i. p. 697. [226] Brodhead, vol. i. p. 746. [227] Ibid., vol. i. p. 748. [228] Valentine's Manual for 1861, pp. 640-664. [229] New York Hist. Coll., vol. i. pp. 322, 323. [230] Journals of Legislative Council, vol. i. p xii. [231] Bradford's Laws, p. 125. [232] Journals, etc., N.Y., vol. i. p. xiii. [233] Dunlap's Hist, of N.Y., vol. i. p. 260, [234] Booth's Hist, of N.Y., vol. i. p, 270-272. [235] On the 22nd of March, 1680, the following proclamation was issued: "Whereas, several inhabitants within this city have and doe dayly harbour, entertain and countenance Indian and neger slaves in their houses, and to them sell and deliver wine, rum, and other strong liquors, for which they receive money or goods which by the said Indian and negro slaves is pilfered, purloyned, and stolen from their several masters, by which the publick peace is broken, and the damage of the master is produced, etc., therefore they are prohibited, etc.; and if neger or Indian slave make application for these forbidden articles, immediate information is to be given to his master or to the mayor or oldest alderman."--DUNLAP, vol. ii. Appendix, p. cxxviii. [236] Bradford Laws, p. 81. [237] The ordinance referred to was re-enacted on the 22d of April, 1731, and reads as follows: "No Negro, Mulatto, or Indian slave, above the age of fourteen, shall presume to appear in any of the streets, or in any other place of this city on the south side of Fresh Water, in the night time, above an hour after sunset, without a lanthorn and candle in it (unless in company with his owner or some white belonging to the family). Penalty, the watch-house that night; next day, prison, until the owner pays 4_s_, and before discharge, the slave to be whipped not exceeding forty lashes."--DUNLAP, vol. ii. Appendix, p. clxiii. [238] Booth, vol. i. p. 271. [239] Hurd's Bondage and Freedom, vol. i. p. 281. [240] Dunlap, vol. i. p. 323. [241] Judge Daniel Horsemanden. [242] Hume, vol. vi. pp. 171-212. [243] Ibid., vol. vi. p. 171. [244] Horsemanden's Negro Plot, p. 29. [245] As far back as 1684 the following was passed against the entertainment of slaves: "No person to countenance or entertain any negro or Indian slave, or sell or deliver to them any strong liquor, without liberty from his master, or receive from them any money or goods; but, upon any offer made by a slave, to reveal the same to the owner, or to the mayor, under penalty of L5."--DUNLAP, vol. ii. Appendix, p. cxxxiii. [246] Horsemanden's Negro Plot, p. 33. [247] Bradford's Laws, pp. 141-144. [248] Horsemanden's Negro Plot, p. 60. [249] The city of Now York was divided into parts at that time, and comprised two militia districts. [250] Dunlap, vol. i. p. 344.