Document: Order on a petition of the magistrates of Midwout

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
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
Order
Petition
Minutes
Document Type Unlinked
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]

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
Locations (Unlinked)
Midwout
To Party 1
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
The Magistrates
A1809 Additional Party
Dutch Colonial Council
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch Colonial Council Minutes (Series A1809 _ 1638-1665)
Box
3
Volume
6
Item
15a
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/52231