Translation
Appointment of Matthys Capito to be assistant to bookkeeper Van Brugge
[several lines lost] which the commissary shall keep the daily occurrences in order, as is appropriate) is not very well possible to do, the aforesaid director general and councilors have resolved and deemed necessary, in order to promote such necessary work as much as possible, to employ a person for the assistance of the commissary Van Brugge, for which the person of Matthijs Capito has presented himself; therefore, the director general and councilors have commissioned and employed the same as assistant or under commies of the commissary Van Brugge, for whose service is extended thirty guilders per month and one hundred and fifty guilders annually for board. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 27th of March 1657.
P. Stuyvesant Nicasius de Sille
References
Translation: Gehring, C., & Venema, J. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 8, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press: 2018.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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