Document: Petition of Nicolas Verleth to be appointed commissary of imports and exports

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0505b
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Petition. Nicolas Verleth to be appointed commissary of imports and exports.

Document Date
1657-03-29
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1657-03-29
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To the highly esteemed lords director general and high councilors of New Netherland.

Nicolaes Varleth, resident of this city, makes known with appropriate respect and obedient reverence how on this date has remained vacant the office of commissary of the outgoing and incoming goods in the honorable Company’s warehouse here, having previously been filled by one Adriaen van Tienhoven; and as he, petitioner, would be most inclined to serve your highly esteemed honors in the aforesaid capacity, he reverently requests [several lines lost] awaiting your honors’ favorable decision, remaining (written lower) your honors’ humble servant (was signed) Nicolaes Varlet (dated in the margin) Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 29th of March anno 1657.

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 8.

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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_V08_0505b.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.

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