Document: Letter from the directors in Amsterdam to the Director General and Council

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Document ID

NYSA_A1810-78_V12_17

Description

Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant; land and horn tax; farming the revenue; embassy to Virginia; Renselaerswyck; Fort Orange; form for patents; George Baxter; weights and measures; report on the title of the Dutch to the South river required; negotiations in England respecting boundaries; treaty of Hartford; sheriff of New Amsterdam; Jochem P. Kuyter murdered; surrender of fort Casimier; Brian Newton; Johan de Decker; letter box at New Amsterdam; Jean Paul Jacquet; slaves from Africa to New Netherland. [1654]

Document Date

1654-11-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-11-23

Document Type

Letter

Document Type Unlinked

Letter

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Translation

For a complete translation see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1810/NYSA_A1810-78_V12_17.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.