Document: Appointment of magistrates for Fort Orange and the village of Beverwyck

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0362b

Description

Appointment. Magistrates for Fort Orange and the village of Beverwyck.

Document Date

1656-04-12

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-04-12

Document Type

Appointment

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Appointment

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Translation

Having received and read the letter of the commissary and magistrates of the village of Beverwijck, dated [left blank], after all due deliberation, the following were appointed and confirmed from the nomination list to replace those retiring for this coming year as ordinary magistrates of Fort Orange and the village of Beverwijck:

Jacob SchermerhoomPhilip Pietersen;

As extraordinary:Goosen Gerritsen.

Concerning the other matters in the aforesaid letter, it has been decided to send two commissioners up there as soon as the ships Waagh and Gelderse Blom have departed. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Ady ut supra.

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_V06_0362b.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.