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Appointment of sheriff and magistrates of Flushing

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Having received and read at the session the nominations made by the magistrates and inhabitants of the village of Vlissingen with the request that the director general and councilors would be pleased to select their magistrates from the same; therefore, for coming year the director general has selected and confirmed from the nominations:

For schout William Hallet;

for senior magistrate William Laurence;

for second Edward Farrington;

for junior William Noble.

Thus done at our session held at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Ady ut supra.

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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 theĀ New Netherland Institute website.