Document: Answer to petition of Dirck van Schelluyne

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0380
Description

Answer thereupon. Declaring said oaths inexpedient.

Document Date
1656-04-29
Document Date (Date Type)
1656-04-29
Document Type
Answer
Petition
Minutes
Document Type Unlinked
Answer | Petition
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Translation
Translation

The foregoing petition having been read, after due deliberation thereon, the following decision was made:

All inhabitants of New Netherland are at one time bound and obligated by oath to be loyal and obedient to their noble High Mightinesses, the lords States General, together with the honorable lords directors of the chartered West India Company, their director general and councilors already appointed or afterwards appointed. The director general and councilors find it inexpedient for now to change or revise it. Ady ut supra.

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 6.

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From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0380.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.

To Party 1
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Dirck van Schelluyne
To Party 1 Entity
Individual
From Party 1
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Dirck van Schelluyne
From Party 1 Entity
Individual
From Party 2
From Party 2 Entity
Individual
A1809 Additional Party
Dutch Colonial Council
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch Colonial Council Minutes (Series A1809 _ 1638-1665)
Box
3
Volume
6
Item
380
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/52686