Document: Oath of office of councillor Tonneman

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0381b
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Oath of office of councillor Tonneman.

Document Date
1657-01-03
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1657-01-03
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I, Pieter Tonneman, appointed as adjunct councilor of New Netherland by the director general and first councilor, upon approval of the honorable lords directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, hereby promise and swear to be loyal and true in this capacity to the honorable high mighty States General of the United Netherlands together with the lords directors of the Chartered West India Company [several lines lost] comport myself in this capacity and behave as a loyal person of the council is obliged to do, so truly help me God Almighty.

On the 3rd of January 1657 the foregoing oath was administered to Pieter Tonneman in the presence of the lord fiscal De Sille.

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 8.

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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_0381b.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.

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