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Appointment of Jacques Cortelyou to be sheriff of New Amsterdam

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Pursuant to the orders and instructions of the lords-directors addressed to the director-general and council of New Netherland, as well as to the mayors and schepens of this city, concerning the appointment of a schout for the inferior court, independent from the fiscal's office, the director-general and council have, in consideration of the good recommendations for Jacobus Corteljou, formerly tutor to the son of Mr. Werckhoven, unanimously appointed him to this office under the instructions given him and to be given hereafter.[1] Thus done at the session of the director-general and high council held in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, 21 July 1654; present: the director-general and all the lords councilors.

Notes

See The Records of New Amsterdam, 1653-1674, edited by Berthold Fernow, 7 vols., 1897 (reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1976), 1:218 for the city's request and the response thereto.

References

Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 5, Council Minutes, 1652-1654 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1983).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.