Document: Order on a petition of the clergy

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Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0216

Description

Order on a petition of the clergy against conventicles and unqualified preachers, and for a proper person to give lectures in Middelburgh (Newtown) L. I.

Document Date

1656-01-15

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-01-15

Document Type

Order

Petition

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Order | Petition

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Translation

15 January.

At the session, present: the honorable lord director general Petrus Stuyvesant, the lord Nicasius de Sille Lamontagne, and the lord fiscal Cornelis van Tienhoven.

Having read the following petition of the clergy of this city of Amsterdam, it was resolved to make to the following decision thereon:

Concerning the conventicles and the assumption of teaching the doctrine by unqualified persons, ordinances shall be issued against them. With regard to the latter, the petitioners are requested to proceed to the village of Middelborch at the appropriate time in order to inquire, with advice of the magistrates and some of the most qualified persons, after a person capable to serve as a reader. Having done this, the petition shall be considered further.

Done at the session, ady ut supra (was signed:) P. Stuyvesant, Nicasius de Sille, La Montagne.

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_0216.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.