Document: Letter from the directors at Amsterdam to Petrus Stuyvesant

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Document ID

NYSA_A1810-78_V11_18

Description

Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant; peace with Spain to be proclaimed; Curaçao; rev. Megapolensis; schoolmaster sent out; remonstrance from New Netherland; Melyn and Van Twiller endeavoring to deprive the company of that country; rev. Backerus; Van der Donck; conflict between Renselaerswyck and Fort Orange; latter erected 15 years before the former; free navigation of the North river to be enforced; Aug. Hermans; efforts of the delegates from New Netherland; increased interest awakened towards that country; abuses in land granting; Staten island; bouweries at the Mahattans; secretary Van Tienhoven; boundaries. [1650]

Document Date

1650-02-16

Document Date (Date Type)

1650-02-16

Document Type

Letter

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Letter

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Translation

For a complete translation see: None

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.