Document: Letter from the directors to Stuyvesant

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1810-78_V14_0043
Description

Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant; block house at Oysterbay, &c.; lord Sterling; Long Island; Maryland boundary; difference between the mode of raising revenue in New England and New Netherland; interview between gov. Winthrop of Connecticut and the directors at Amsterdam; Staten Island; Melyn; reports of English designs on New Netherland discredited; negotiations in England; law books; currency; duties to be paid in coin or beavers; Johan de Decker; emigrants.

Document Date
1662-01-27
Document Date (Date Type)
1662-01-27
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
Amsterdam, Holland
Manhattan, NY
Locations (Unlinked)
Amsterdam|New Amsterdam
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)
lord Sterling|gov. Winthrop of Connecticut|Melyn|Johan de Decker
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch colonial administrative correspondence (Series A1810 _ 1647-1664)
Box
5
Volume
14
Item
43
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54571