Document: Appointment of sheriff and magistrates for Gravesend

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0905

Description

Appointment. Sheriff and magistrates for Gravesend.

Document Date

1658-07-04

Document Date (Date Type)

1658-07-04

Document Type

Appointment

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Appointment

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Translation

[Thursday July 4th (1658).

Received the nominations for schout and magistrates of the village of Gravesend on Long Island, made by the inhabitants of said village, who nominated and presented the schout and] magistrates [ now in office, ] namely,

Edward Brouse [ as magistrates ] Charles Morgan as schout

The lord general wrote underneath this [in English]:

The abouff mentioned persons are accordingh to order by these presents autorised and confirmed as magistraats for the towne off Gravesant. Done in Amsterdam in N: Netherland, Dated as above.[i]

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 NYCD 14:422–423.

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_0905.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.