Document: Minute of the attendance on the council of William Bount (Bowne)

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NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0062b

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Minute. Of the attendance on the council of William Bount (Bowne), with the sheriff and two other inhabitants of Gravesend, stating his disapproval of previous acts of the authorities of that place in regard to the election of magistrates, and pledging himself to abide by the patent.

Document Date

1655-07-19

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-07-19

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Minutes

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Minute

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Translation

On Monday, 19 July 1655.

Willem Bonut,[1] supported by the schout and two other inhabitants of Gravesande, declared at the session, among other matters, that he had never approved of the previous magistrates acting contrary to their patent in the election of 12 persons who would nominate magistrates in the coming [ year ]; also, that he had always protested against it, and henceforth he would nor should act otherwise in the election of magistrates than in compliance with the patent, according to the majority vote of all the inhabitants of Gravesande. Ady ut supra.

Present: the lord director general P. Stuyvesant, the lords councilors of N[ ew ] N[ etherland ]: N. de Sille, La Montagne, and the lord fiscal Tienhoven.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: Dutch approximation of the English name Bowne, elsewhere spelled Bount.

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_0062b.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.