Document: Petition of William Hallet for remission of the sentence of banishment pronounced against him

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0312a

Description

Petition. William Hallet, for remission of the sentence of banishment pronounced against him.

Document Date

1656-11-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-11-26

Document Type

Petition

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Petition

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Translation

[Copie. The humble petition off William Hallett inhabitant off Vlissinge vnto the

Honnorable Governor Generall and Councel off the New Netherlands.][i]

Right Honnourable, you[r poore petitioner haveing received the [sentence off banish

ment and beinge thereby much disenabled from makeinge the best advantadge off th[at

little estate I have left, and beinge b[ound

in Consience to looke vnto the maintain[ance off my family, which might suffer

much, iff my suddine departure should be[e exacted, for these Reasons Right Honnourable [ I am boulde to sollicite ijour Lordshipps

that ijou would bee Pleased to remit pa[ ]

bij and take off my banishment, which requ[est iff ijour Honnors Please to graunt, ijour humble [ petitioner shal ever Remaine thankful and [ serviceable unto his Power, (was underwritten) From Flishinge this 26th William Hallett. Gb: 1656.

Translation Superscripts

[i]: English document; see NYCD 14:377 for another transcription.

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_0312a.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.