Document: Reasons why Daniel Witthet is detained a prisoner at New Amsterdam

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0001

Description

Reasons why Daniel Witthet (Whitehead) is detained a prisoner at New Amsterdam.

Document Date

1652-01-01

Document Date (Date Type)

1652-01-01

Document Type

Reasons

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Reasons

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Translation

[ First several lines are lost ] [1] Daniel Wittet[2] rightfully [ ] coming to the court of justice [ ] reason he has been held here so long [ ]

The honorable director and council answer [ ] that he, Daniel Wittet [ ] obedient to the resolution and order of the director and council, about which you were informed by a letter[3] dated [ ] in the month of December 1651 [ ] director and council hereby as previously [ ] that if he and his partners [ ] proper obedience to the same, that they would consider his release. In case of further disobedience they would be required to do it again [ ] .

P. Stuyvesant
H. van Dyck
La Montagne
Brian Newton

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 5.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: As a result of the 1911 Capitol fire in Albany, New York, volume five suffered damage along the tops and along the right side of the first 50 pages.
[2]: Daniel Whitehead was among the early group of settlers from Connecticut which moved to Heemstead on Long Island in 1644.
[3]: This letter has been lost. The council minute concerning Whitehead has also been lost together with the council minute book from 2 August 1649 to January 1652.

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_V05_0001.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.