Document: Appointment of Jacob Kip to be secretary or clerk to the burgomasters and schepens of New Amsterdam

Jacob Kip has been selected and commissioned to serve in the position of secretary or clerk for the mayors and schepens of New Amsterdam, for which he shall earn annually the sum of 350 guilders, that is to say 100 ryks dollars, beginning this coming first of February; and he is promised, if the lords-mayors should send another to replace him, that he shall be granted an honest position and salary.

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.