Document: Appointment of magistrates for Schanegtade

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1881-78_V23_0072a
Description

Appointment of magistrates for Schanegtade

Document Date
1673-09-18
Document Date (Date Type)
1673-09-18
Document Type
Appointment
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Translation
Translation

The petition of the inhabitants of the village Schaneghtede being received and read, requesting in substance the confirmation of the privileges and freedoms granted and allowed to them by the late Governor Stuyvesant, deceased. Whereupon, it is ordered:

The Petitioners are allowed and granted the enjoyment of their previous privileges and freedoms, on condition and provided that they have not been afterwards countermanded by Mr. Stuyvesant for sufficient cause.

And furthermore, the Commanders have elected, from the nomination for Magistrates of the village Schanegtede for the ensuing year:

Dated Fort Willem Hendrick, as above.

Translation Superscripts
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References
Translation: O'Callaghan, E.B., trans./ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, vol. 2 (Albany: Weed, Parsons: 1858), pp. 569-730 (vol. 23, pp. 1-270 only).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial administrative records (Series A1881 _ 1673-1674)
Box
17
Volume
23
Item
72a
Link
https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/51773