Translation
Report of the submission of Huntington and Seatalcott and of the appointment of magistrates there
28th of October. Captain Willem Knyff and Ensign Vos, commissioned on the 25th instant to proceed to Huntington and Seatalcot to administer the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants there, returning this day, report, that the inhabitants of said towns had, under their hands, promised fidelity to the government; that the list of their names has been delivered to the Governor and is deposited in the Secretary's office, and that they have sworn Joseph and Isaac Platt for Magistrates of Huntington, and Richard Woodhil as Magistrate of Seatalcot.
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.
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