Document: Order on a petition of the magistrates of Midwout

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Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0015a
Description

Order. On a petition of the magistrates of Midwout, praying that Breuckelen and Amesfoort assist in cutting and hauling the timber for a place of worship; a committee to visit the place after the next celebration of the Lord's supper.

Document Date
1655-02-09
Document Date (Date Type)
1655-02-09
Document Type
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Order | Petition
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Translation
Translation

[At the request of the magistrates of Midwout for assistance by the inhabitants of Breukelen and Amesfoort in cutting and hewing timber to erect] a dwarshuys [1] for the [ exercise of divine service, for which ] they received the permission by a resolution of their honors, the director general [ and council ] in 1654, [ it was, upon the vote being taken, resolved that ] after the celebration of the [ Lord’s Supper now at hand ] a committee of [ the high council ] shall go there with Domine Megapolen- sis. Done at Amsterdam, in New Netherland, ady ut supra.[2]

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 6.

Translation Superscripts
[1]: A building whose gable ends are perpendicular to the street.
[2]: This appears in NYCD, 14:312, as part of Polhemius’s petition.
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_0015a.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.

Location
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Midwout
To Party 1
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
The Magistrates
A1809 Additional Party
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