Document: Order granting the request of Gerrit van Sweringen to be discharged from the company's service

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Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0515a
Description

Order. Granting the request of Gerrit van Sweringen, supercargo of the ship Prince Maurice, to be discharged from the company's service.

Document Date
1657-04-16
Document Date (Date Type)
1657-04-16
Document Type
Document Type Unlinked
Order | Request
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Translation
Translation

[The petition of Gerrit van Swieringen, formerly supercargo of the ship Prins Mourits, which was wrecked here, was received, in which he requests to be discharged from the honorable Company’s service, as he intends to make his living here.] Having taken it in consideration, [ also ] that he can do no more duty on the stranded ship Prins Mourits, it was decided, after deliberation: fiat ut petitur. Dated the 16th of April 1657.[i]

Translation Superscripts
[i]: Recovered text from translation in NYCD 12:166.
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_0515a.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.

Ship Mentioned (Unlinked)
Prince Maurice
Prins Mourits
To Party 1
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
Gerrit van Sweringen
To Party 1 Entity
To Party 2
To Party 2 Text Unlinked
Dutch West India Company (DWIC)
A1809 Additional Party
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