Document: Orders to administer oath of allegiance to Staten Island and admitting Allard Anthony to be notary public and attorney

Whereas the inhabitants of Staten Island have not yet taken the oath of allegiance to the government, the Governor-General hath therefore this day to that end sent Captain Carel Epesteyn and Ensign Jan Sol thither to administer the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants there, to which end a commission is granted in form.

21st December, 1673.Read and considered the petition of Allard Anthony requesting to be admitted a public notary and attorney in private suits pending before the superior and inferior courts of this Province, &c.Whereupon is ordered:The Petitioner's request is granted, and a commission in form shall be granted him to that effect.

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