Document: Proposals to fortify the city of New Amsterdam and to strengthen the fort, submitted to the council by the director-general

Holding Institution
(link is external)New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1809-78_V09_0791
Description

Proposals to fortify the city of New Amsterdam and to strengthen the fort, submitted to the council by the director-general on receipt of intelligence that the English were designing to send a force to reduce New Netherland, which is claimed as the property of the crown of England; details of the proposed works.

Document Date
1661-09-22
Document Date (Date Type)
1661-09-22
Document Type
Proposals
Minutes
Document Type Unlinked
Proposals
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Translation
Translation

For a complete translation see:  (link is external)http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V09_0791.xml

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

Location
Modern Location
Manhattan, NY
Locations (Unlinked)
New Amsterdam
To Party 1
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
The Council
From Party 1
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
Director-General
A1809 Additional Party
Dutch Colonial Council
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch Colonial Council Minutes (Series A1809 _ 1638-1665)
Box
9
Volume
9
Item
791
Link
(link is external)http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/53862