Document: Translation of Dutch Records 1647-1654 Pg 258

Holding Institution
Municipal Archives, City of New York
Document ID
RNA_t1_bk2_258
Description

Bound manuscript, spine broken away. Translation corresponds to Original Dutch Records of New Amsterdam, volume 1, books 1 and 2, incorporating the Ordinances of New Amsterdam and the first book of Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens. The title page reads: Translation of Dutch Records 1647-1654 although in actuality the Dutch ordinances end at 1661.

Document Date
1647 – 1654
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Translation
Translation

Translation Date: 1830-1840 Notes: This first book of English translations is believed to be an 1830's translation by a clerk and president of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Cornelius Westbrook. It has been described as a poor translation, and this manuscript shows it was heavily edited, probably by Berthold Fernow in the late 1890s.

Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Amsterdam Records NYC - Translation of Dutch Records 1647-1654 (Series RNA_T1_BK2_1647-1654)
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Translation of Dutch Records 1647-1654
New Amsterdam Records: Courtesy of the Municipal Archives, City of New York