Document: Nomination and appointment of magistrates for Midwout and Amesfoort

Having received and read the nomination made by the schout and schepens of the village of Midwout and Amesfoort with the request that the director general and councilors be pleased to fill therefrom the positions of the aforesaid schepens who, pursuant to instructions, have served out their time and are to step down; therefore, the director general and councilors of New Netherland have selected and confirmed from those nominated in the place of those retiring for the coming year, as they hereby select and confirm, as schepens for the village of Midwout: Jan Strijcker and Pieter Lott, and for important reasons continue as old schepen Jan Snedicker; for the village of Amesfoort: Marten Jansen van Breuckelen, and authorize the schout Pieter Tonneman to administer the usual oath for the incoming schepens. Thus done in our session held at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Ady ut supra.

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