Document: Appointment of Jacques Cortelyou to be sheriff of New Amsterdam

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0305

Description

Appointment. Jacques Cortelyou to be sheriff of New Amsterdam.

Document Date

1654-07-21

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-07-21

Document Type

Appointment

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Appointment

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Translation

Pursuant to the orders and instructions of the lords-directors addressed to the director-general and council of New Netherland, as well as to the mayors and schepens of this city, concerning the appointment of a schout for the inferior court, independent from the fiscal's office, the director-general and council have, in consideration of the good recommendations for Jacobus Corteljou, formerly tutor to the son of Mr. Werckhoven, unanimously appointed him to this office under the instructions given him and to be given hereafter.[1] Thus done at the session of the director-general and high council held in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, 21 July 1654; present: the director-general and all the lords councilors.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: See The Records of New Amsterdam, 1653-1674, edited by Berthold Fernow, 7 vols., 1897 (reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1976), 1:218 for the city's request and the response thereto.

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_V05_0305.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.