Scope and ContentDigital image, holographic document: Letter by Mayor Frederick W. Bohnstedt to City Council recommending an ordinance prohibiting slaughterhouses, Hoboken, October 2, 1867. Since New York, Jersey City and Hudson City had recently prohibited slaugherhouses, many had moved to Hoboken with subsequent health, nuisance and drainage problems. John Kennedy, City Clerk. Original document from the files of the City Clerk, City of Hoboken.