Document: Order for the passage to Holland of Jan Oosthof, a discharged soldier

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0548

Description

Order. For the passage to Holland of Jan Oosthof, a discharged soldier.

Document Date

1657-05-01

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-05-01

Document Type

Order

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Order

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Translation

[several lines lost] After due deliberation it was decided: the skipper of the ship the Beer is hereby requested and ordered to take along the petitioner as a servant of the Company and to provide passage and board; and it is left to the discretion of the honorable lords directors to pay the same or not. By lacking thereof, the skipper shall demand and receive his payment from the petitioner. Dated as above.

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_0548.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.