Document: Appointment of magistrates for Vreedland (Westchester)

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(link is external)New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0343
Description

Appointment. Magistrates for Vreedland (Westchester).

Document Date
1656-03-28
Document Date (Date Type)
1656-03-28
Document Type
Document Type Unlinked
Appointment
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Translation
Translation

Having accepted the petition of the inhabitants of Vreedlant, requesting the appointment and confirmation of magistrates for the better order and administration of the aforesaid village, whereby they submit a double number of six persons from which the director general and councilors of New Netherland hereby select and confirm as follows: Tomas Wheeler, Tomas Nieman, John Lord. Concerning the further request, a conference shall be held at the proper time about it with the selected and confirmed magistrates.

Thus done at our session held at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Ady ut supra.

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  (link is external)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 (link is external)Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 6.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. (link is external)  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: (link is external)http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0343.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 (link is external)Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the
(link is external)New Netherland Institute website.

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Vreedland (Westchester)
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Magistrate
A1809 Additional Party
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