Document: Petition of Jacques Corteljou, agent of the heirs of Cornelis van Werckhoven, for leave to found and erect a village on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0424

Description

Petition. Jacques Corteljou, agent of the heirs of Cornelis van Werckhoven, for leave to found and erect a village on Long Island, at the bay of the North river (New Utrecht).

Document Date

1657-01-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-01-23

Document Type

Petition

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Petition

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Translation

To their honorable lords, the director general and councilors of New Netherland.[i]

Whereas no lands may be laid out and undertaken here without your honors’ approbation and consent, the petitioner addresses himself to your honors for consent to start and establish a village on Long Island on the bay of the North River.

(was signed) Ja. Corteljouw as attorney of the heirs of the deceased Cor. van Werckhooven.

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.

Translation Superscripts

[i]: Recovered text from translation in NYCD 14:382.

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_0424.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.