Translation
Orders to administer oath of allegiance to Staten Island and admitting Allard Anthony to be notary public and attorney
Whereas the inhabitants of Staten Island have not yet taken the oath of allegiance to the government, the Governor-General hath therefore this day to that end sent Captain Carel Epesteyn and Ensign Jan Sol thither to administer the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants there, to which end a commission is granted in form.
21st December, 1673.
Read and considered the petition of Allard Anthony
requesting to be admitted a public notary and attorney in private suits pending
before the superior and inferior courts of this Province, &c.
Whereupon is
ordered:
The Petitioner's request is granted, and a commission in form shall be
granted him to that effect.
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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