Document: Declaration of the soliders that they would not accompany Adriaen Post's wife to Staten Island

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0366a

Description

Return of service of Claes van Elsland, the court messenger, to the above order; the soldiers declared that they would not accompany the woman.

Document Date

1656-04-25

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-04-25

Document Type

Declaration

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Declaration

Full Resolution Image

Download, 100MB+ (Right-Click)

Translation

Claes van Elslant de Jonge having read the foregoing order aloud to the soldiers, reports that they answered, “We will not leave this place with the woman.” Ady ut supra.

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_0366a.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.