Document: Petition of Emanuel Petersen and Dorothy Angola for a certificate of freedom for Anthony Angola

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Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V09_0557

Description

Petition. Emanuel Petersen and Dorothy Angola, his wife, both free negroes, praying a certificate of freedom for a lad named Anthony Angola, whom they had adopted when an infant, and since educated and reared; granted.

Document Date

1661-03-21

Document Date (Date Type)

1661-03-21

Document Type

Petition

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Petition

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Translation

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 9.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

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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.