Document: Oath of office of councillor Tonneman

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0381b
Description

Oath of office of councillor Tonneman.

Document Date
1657-01-03
Document Date (Date Type)
1657-01-03
Document Type
Oath
Minutes
Document Type Unlinked
Oath
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Translation
Translation

I, Pieter Tonneman, appointed as adjunct councilor of New Netherland by the director general and first councilor, upon approval of the honorable lords directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, hereby promise and swear to be loyal and true in this capacity to the honorable high mighty States General of the United Netherlands together with the lords directors of the Chartered West India Company [several lines lost] comport myself in this capacity and behave as a loyal person of the council is obliged to do, so truly help me God Almighty.

On the 3rd of January 1657 the foregoing oath was administered to Pieter Tonneman in the presence of the lord fiscal 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_0381b.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.

To Party 1
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
Tonneman
To Party 1 Entity
Individual
A1809 Additional Party
Dutch Colonial Council
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch Colonial Council Minutes (Series A1809 _ 1638-1665)
Box
6
Volume
8
Item
381b
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/56024