Document: Order on the petition of Jan Flaman for payment of an anchor and rope

Received the petition of Jan Flaman, requesting that he be compensated for an anchor and rope which he says he lost in the service of the Company anno 1655 while returning from the South River.

After due deliberation it was decided that the petitioner be ordered to produce proof that the aforesaid anchor and rope was lost in the service of the Company and that it wasn’t previously accounted for.

Dated as above

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_0577b.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.