Document: Instructions of Fredrick de Coningh to command The Waegh

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NYSA_A1810-78_V12_21

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Resolution. Chamber at Amsterdam appointing Fredrick de Coninck to the command of the ship Balance (de Waeg) with instructions. [1655]

Document Date

1655-05-24

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-05-24

Document Type

Resolution

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Resolution

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Translation

Monday the 24th of May 1655.

It having been brought up for consideration, resolved that Fredrick de Coninck, engaged as captain of the ship the Waegh, shall be ordered to proceed immediately on board of the said ship and as quickly as possible undertake with the help of God the voyage to New Netherland, either on the direct route or by a roundabout way, as wind and weather permit. As soon as he has arrived there, he shall report to the director general and council of the Company to show them his authority and ask and wait for orders, which he shall promptly andprecisely obey. To this end an extract of this resolution shall be given to him, the captain, in place of instructions.

[ ENDORSED: ]

No. 6

Instructions for Capt. Fredrick de Coninck

C. Van Seventer

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/A1810/NYSA_A1810-78_V12_21.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translated in: Correspondence, 1647-1653, trans. and ed. Charles T. Gehring ("New Netherland Documents Series") (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000).

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.