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_18
Description

Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant; Jews; tax on land, houses and cattle; consent of the people not to be cared for in imposing taxes; tenths; condition attached to patents; revenue; boundary; fort on Long island; city sheriff; Van Tienhoven complained of; rev. Polhemius; Stuyvesant at Barbadoes; expedition against the Swedes; emigration. [1655]

Document Date
1655-04-26
Document Date (Date Type)
1655-04-26
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_18.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
Brazil
Locations (Unlinked)
Amsterdam|Brazil|Connecticut|Delaware|Curacao, Netherlands Antilles|Fort Orange
Ship
Groute Christoffel
Ship Mentioned (Unlinked)
Groote Christoffel|Swarte Arent
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)
city sheriff| Van Tienhoven|rev. Polhemius
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial administrative correspondence (Series A1810 _ 1647-1664)
Box
2
Volume
12
Item
18
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/45201