Document: Petition of Nicolas Bayardt for an increase of salary

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0632b
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Petition. Nicolas Bayardt for an increase of salary; granted.

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1658-01-07
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1658-01-07
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To the honorable lords director general and the lords high councilors of N: Netherland

Nicolaes Baijard shows with due respect how he, petitioner, has been writing and copying in English now for a considerable time at the office of the honorable Company with its honorable secretary Cornelis van Ruijven without receiving any wages or salary for it.

[several lines lost] Bayardt [ ]

The 7th of January 1658 [ ]

The above petition having been [ received, it ] is resolved as follows: The petitioner shall be given six guilders per month, beginning after the first of January, provided that he comport himself vigilantly and diligently, as is appropriate. Done in Amsterdam in N: Netherland, anno 1658 (was signed) Petrus Stuyvesant

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_0632b.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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