Document: Letter from the directors to Stuyvesant

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1810-78_V13_0143
Description

Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant; boundaries; ambassadors to England instructed thereupon; city's colonie at the Delaware; sheriff Van Sweringen; currency; ministers for English villages on Long Island; terms on which English people are to be permitted to settle in New Netherland; Evert Pietersen, schoolmaster; map of New Amsterdam; bell for the church at Brooklyn; Van der Capelle's heirs surrender Staten Island.

Document Date
1660-12-24
Document Date (Date Type)
1660-12-24
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
England
Long Island, NY
Manhattan, NY
Brooklyn, NY (Breuckelen)
Staten Island
Delaware River
Locations (Unlinked)
England|Long Island, NY|New Netherland|New Amsterdam|Brooklyn|Staten Island|Delaware River
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)
sheriff Van Sweringen|Evert Pietersen, schoolmaster|Van der Capelle heir';s
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial administrative correspondence (Series A1810 _ 1647-1664)
Box
4
Volume
13
Item
143
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54525