Document: Letter from director Stuyvesant to the directors at Amsterdam

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Document ID

NYSA_A1810-78_V15_0121

Description

Letter. Director Stuyvesant to the directors at Amsterdam; receipt of documents mentioned (supra, p. 110); New Utrecht; Palatines on Staten Island; block houses to defend the narrows; hostile proceeding of John Scott and Connecticut instigated from England; English purchase land at the Newesinghs; folly of resisting the English on Long Island; agreement with John Scott; description of emigrants from Holland; affairs at Esopus; map of Coney Island; revenue.

Document Date

1664-04-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1664-04-26

Document Type

Letter

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Letter

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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.