Document: Oath of office of Jacques Corteljou

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0423b

Description

Oath of office of Jacques Corteljou.

Document Date

1657-01-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-01-23

Document Type

Oath

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Oath

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Translation

I, Jacques Corteljouw, appointed by the director general and councilors of New Netherland as surveyor, promise in this capacity to obey and [ ] the honorable high and mighty lords States General of the United Netherlands and the directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, [several lines lost] as a good and loyal surveyor ought to do; and to measure all lands upon request to the best of my knowledge without favor or respect of person on the one side or the other, SO TRULY HELP ME GOD ALMIGHTY.

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_V08_0423b.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.