Translation
Appointment of burgomasters and schepens for the city of New Amsterdam for the ensuing year
[several lines lost] after [ ] nomination [ ] magistrates of this city [ ] confirmed, as they hereby do:
Poulus Leendersen vande Grift as former burgomaster Oloff Stevensen van Cortlant, burgomaster
Johannes de Paister, president of the schepenen
Pieter Wolphertsen van Couwenhoven Jacob Strijcker
Cornelis Steenwijck
IJsaack de Foreest schepenen
In order to properly hold the aforesaid persons in regard and respect, this shall be announced to the community. Thus done at the meeting of the honorable lords, the director general and councilors of N: Netherland held in Fort Amsterdam on the 2nd of February 1658.
[several lines lost] Pieter [ Tonneman ]
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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