Document: Appointment of Matthys Capito to be assistant to bookkeeper Van Brugge

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0492

Description

Appointment. Matthys Capito to be assistant to bookkeeper Van Brugge.

Document Date

1657-03-27

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-03-27

Document Type

Appointment

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Appointment

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Translation

[several lines lost] which the commissary shall keep the daily occurrences in order, as is appropriate) is not very well possible to do, the aforesaid director general and councilors have resolved and deemed necessary, in order to promote such necessary work as much as possible, to employ a person for the assistance of the commissary Van Brugge, for which the person of Matthijs Capito has presented himself; therefore, the director general and councilors have commissioned and employed the same as assistant or under commies of the commissary Van Brugge, for whose service is extended thirty guilders per month and one hundred and fifty guilders annually for board. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 27th of March 1657.

P. Stuyvesant Nicasius de Sille

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_V08_0492.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.