Translation
Order on a petition of the clergy
15 January.
At the session, present: the honorable lord director general Petrus Stuyvesant, the lord Nicasius de Sille Lamontagne, and the lord fiscal Cornelis van Tienhoven.
Having read the following petition of the clergy of this city of Amsterdam, it was resolved to make to the following decision thereon:
Concerning the conventicles and the assumption of teaching the doctrine by unqualified persons, ordinances shall be issued against them. With regard to the latter, the petitioners are requested to proceed to the village of Middelborch at the appropriate time in order to inquire, with advice of the magistrates and some of the most qualified persons, after a person capable to serve as a reader. Having done this, the petition shall be considered further.
Done at the session, ady ut supra (was signed:) P. Stuyvesant, Nicasius de Sille, La Montagne.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 6, Council Minutes, 1655-1656 (Syracuse: 1995). A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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