Document: Appointment of Resolved Waldron to be provost and deputy sheriff and his oath of office

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in order to [ ] the position of the same [ ] the position of the deputy schout [ ]. Therefore, the director general and councilors of New Netherland, having considered the recommendations given to them and the good behavior of the person of Resolveert Waldron, have engaged and appointed him geweldiger and deputy schout, as they hereby engage and appoint him as such. He is granted thirty guilders per month and one hundred guilders boarding money annually. Dated as above.

Follows the oath taken by Resolveert Waldron in the presence of lord fiscal De Sille: I promise and swear that I shall be faithful and loyal to the honorable high and mighty lords States General of the United Netherlands and the lords directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber Amsterdam, and that I shall show all honor, respect, and obedience to the lord director general and councilors of N: Netherland; that I shall fulfill and observe the items and articles included in my instructions in such ways as they already are stated or still may be stated. And further, that I shall generally behave and comport myself as an honest geweldiger and deputy schout is obliged to do, and should do. So help me God Almighty.