Document: Orders to administer oath of allegiance to Staten Island and admitting Allard Anthony to be notary public and attorney

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1881-78_V23_0181a
Description

Orders to administer oath of allegiance to Staten Island and admitting Allard Anthony to be notary public and attorney

Document Date
1673-12-21
Document Date (Date Type)
1673-12-21
Document Type
Order
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Translation
Translation

Whereas the inhabitants of Staten Island have not yet taken the oath of allegiance to the government, the Governor-General hath therefore this day to that end sent Captain Carel Epesteyn and Ensign Jan Sol thither to administer the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants there, to which end a commission is granted in form.

21st December, 1673.Read and considered the petition of Allard Anthony requesting to be admitted a public notary and attorney in private suits pending before the superior and inferior courts of this Province, &c.Whereupon is ordered:The Petitioner's request is granted, and a commission in form shall be granted him to that effect.

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References
Translation: O'Callaghan, E.B., trans./ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, vol. 2 (Albany: Weed, Parsons: 1858), pp. 569-730 (vol. 23, pp. 1-270 only).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial administrative records (Series A1881 _ 1673-1674)
Box
17
Volume
23
Item
181a
Link
https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/51887