Document: Letter from the Directors at Amsterdam to the Director General and Council

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1810-78_V12_56
Description

Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant; currency; Renselaerswyck; negroes to be taught trades; bell and pulpit for the church at Beverwyck; bells for Midwout and Hempstead; mulberry trees to be cultivated in Curaçao; silkworms; silk exported from Virginia; Lutherans; chart of the South river; complaints of merchants; revenue farmed; colonists and minister for the South river. [1657]

Document Date
1657-04-07
Document Date (Date Type)
1657-04-07
Document Type
Letter
Document Type Unlinked
Letter
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Translation
Translation

For a complete translation see:  http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1810/NYSA_A1810-78_V12_56.xml

Translations are created by Charles Gehring  with assistance from  the New Netherland Institute,  Copyright to the translations is held by the Holland Society of New York.  The translations are hosted online by the New York State Archives.

Location
Modern Location
Amsterdam, Holland
Virginia
Albany, NY
Brooklyn, NY (Breuckelen)
Nassau County
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Locations (Unlinked)
Amsterdam|Virginia|Albany|Brooklyn|Nassau County|South River|Curacao, Netherlands Antilles|Fort Orange|Heemstede
Ship
Beaver (de Bever)
Prince Maurice (du Prince Maurits)
Otter
Bonte Koe (Spotted Cow)
De Waegh - The Balance - The Scales
Golden Mill (Gulde Meulen)
Ship Mentioned (Unlinked)
Bever|Prins Maurits|Otter|Bontekoe|Vogel Struys|Hay|St. Michiel|Abraham's Offerhande|Waegh|Goude Moolen|Goude Muelen
To Party 1
To Party 1
Petrus Stuyvesant (ID: 224)
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
Petrus Stuyvesant
To Party 1 Entity
Director General DWIC
From Party 1
From Party 1
Dutch West India Company (ID: DWIC)
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
Directors at Amsterdam
From Party 1 Entity
Corporation
DWIC - Corporation - Dutch West India Company (DWIC)
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial administrative correspondence (Series A1810 _ 1647-1664)
Box
2
Volume
12
Item
56
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/45245