Document: Order granting the petition of William Hallet [Copy of 8:312b]

After deliberation, it was decided as follows: The petitioner, William Hallett, is allowed and granted to earn his living as a private inhabitant quietly and properly within this province, provided that upon sight hereof he pays the fine and the costs of justice to which he was condemned. Thus done in session at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland the 21st of December 1656.

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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_V08_0370a.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.