Document: Report of the submission of Huntington and Seatalcott and of the appointment of magistrates there

28th of October. Captain Willem Knyff and Ensign Vos, commissioned on the 25th instant to proceed to Huntington and Seatalcot to administer the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants there, returning this day, report, that the inhabitants of said towns had, under their hands, promised fidelity to the government; that the list of their names has been delivered to the Governor and is deposited in the Secretary's office, and that they have sworn Joseph and Isaac Platt for Magistrates of Huntington, and Richard Woodhil as Magistrate of Seatalcot.

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