Document: Letter from the Directors at Amsterdam to Petrus Stuyvesant

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1810-78_V12_66
Description

Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant; embassy to demand some Christian children from the Indians in the name of the States-General; vice-director La Montagne; a block house to be erected on the borders of New England and a redoubt at Esopus; city's colonie on the South river; director Alrichs; tenths; French privateer at New Amsterdam; records of New Netherland; trade with Curaçao. [1657]

Document Date
1657-09-15
Document Date (Date Type)
1657-09-15
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_66.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
Albany, NY
Nassau County
Esopus
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Locations (Unlinked)
Amsterdam|Albany|Nassau County|Esopus|Curacao, Netherlands Antilles|Fort Orange|Fort Casimir(Fort Amstel)
Ship
Beaver (de Bever)
Otter
Flower of Gelder (Gelderse Bloom)
Ship Mentioned (Unlinked)
Bever|Gelderse Blom|Beer|Otter|Hay(Diemen)|Wasbleecker
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)
Related Ancestors (Unlinked)
vice-director La Montagne|Alrich
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial administrative correspondence (Series A1810 _ 1647-1664)
Box
2
Volume
12
Item
66
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/45256