The ordinance states, "It has been found, that within this City of Amsterdam in New Netherland many burghers and inhabitants throw their rubbish, filth, ashes, dead animals and suchlike things into the public streets to the great inconvenience of the community".

Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam by Johannes Vingboons (1664), an early picture of Nieuw Amsterdam made in the year when it was conquered by the English under Richard Nicolls.Step into the past - In 1665, the famous Dutch mapmaker Johannes Vingboons painted this charming and now iconic watercolor of New Amsterdam, which he adapted from a far less complimentary sketch intended to portray a settlement in dire need of funds from the Dutch West India Company. Nationaal Archief, National Archives of The Netherlands.<a href="https://culturenow.org/people/a52f63a6-9f96-47c6-8768-8ac4665891fe?name=National_Parks_of_New_York_Harbor_Conservancy">[1]</a>In 1665, the famous Dutch mapmaker Johannes Vingboons painted this charming and now iconic watercolor of New Amsterdam, which he adapted from a far less complimentary sketch intended to portray a settlement in dire need of funds from the Dutch West India Company. - Nationaal Archief, National Archives of The Netherlands<a href="https://culturenow.org/people/a52f63a6-9f96-47c6-8768-8ac4665891fe?name=National_Parks_of_New_York_Harbor_Conservancy">[2]</a>

1st Street Cleaning Law in New Amsterdam

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