Document: Letter from Stuyvesant to the vice-director of Curaçao

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1810-78_V13_0117
Description

Letter. Stuyvesant to the vice-director of Curaçao; arrival of horses and negroes; cause of the death of most of the horses; slave trade; Van Gezel; Esopus Indians transported to Curaçao, to work with negroes; Stuyvesant going to Esopus.

Document Date
1660-07-12
Document Date (Date Type)
1660-07-12
Document Type
Letter
Document Type Unlinked
Letter
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Translation
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.

Location
Modern Location
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Manhattan, NY
Esopus
Locations (Unlinked)
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles|New Amsterdam|Esopus
To Party 1
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
Matthias Beck, vice-director of Curaçao
From Party 1
From Party 1
Petrus Stuyvesant (ID: 224)
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
Petrus Stuyvesant
From Party 1 Entity
Director General DWIC
Related Ancestors (Unlinked)
Van Gezel|Esopus Indians, to work with negroes| Stuyvesant going to Esopus.
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial administrative correspondence (Series A1810 _ 1647-1664)
Box
4
Volume
13
Item
117
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54501