Document: Answer to petition of Dirck van Schelluyne

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New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0380

Description

Answer thereupon. Declaring said oaths inexpedient.

Document Date

1656-04-29

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-04-29

Document Type

Answer

Petition

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Translation

The foregoing petition having been read, after due deliberation thereon, the following decision was made:

All inhabitants of New Netherland are at one time bound and obligated by oath to be loyal and obedient to their noble High Mightinesses, the lords States General, together with the honorable lords directors of the chartered West India Company, their director general and councilors already appointed or afterwards appointed. The director general and councilors find it inexpedient for now to change or revise it. 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_0380.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.