Document: Appointment of fire wardens for the city of New Amsterdam

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0031a

Description

Appointment. Fire wardens for the city of New Amsterdam.

Document Date

1655-04-13

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-04-13

Document Type

Appointment

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Appointment

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Translation

The burgomasters [ ]

the high councilors make known [ ]

that the firewardens and [ ]

and that they for [ ]

instructions, had nominated some persons [ ]

the aforesaid high councilors; therefore, it was resolved to appoint as firewarden from those nominated, as they hereby do: Hendrick Kip, Eevert Loockermans and Jan Poul Jacquet.

Thus done at the session of the honorable lords high councilors of New Netherland held in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Ady ut supra. The 13th of April 1655.

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.

References

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_0031a.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.