Document: Letter from William Beeckman to director Stuyvesant

Holding Institution
(link is external)New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1878-78_V19_0064
Description

Letter. William Beeckman to director Stuyvesant, informing him of the arrival of some Englishmen from Virginia in pursuit of William Brown and three other servants; (Brown had been sold to a Dutchman by some Indians who had taken him prisoner on the way).

Document Date
1662-10-24
Document Date (Date Type)
1662-10-24
Document Type
Letter
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Translation
Translation

For a complete translation see:  (link is external)http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1878/NYSA_A1878-78_V19_0064.xml

Translations are created by Charles Gehring  with assistance from  (link is external)the New Netherland Institute,  Copyright to the translations is held by the (link is external)Holland Society of New York.  The translations are hosted online by the (link is external)New York State Archives.

Location
Modern Location
Cape Henlopen, DE
Cape May, NJ
Virginia
New Castle, DE - New Amstel - Fort Casimir - Fort Trinity
Locations (Unlinked)
Virginia|Maryland|New Amstel|Meggeckesiou|Manhattan|Hoerekil|Cape Hinlopen|Cape May
To Party 1
To Party 1
Petrus Stuyvesant (ID: 224)
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
Petrus Stuyvesant
From Party 1
From Party 1
William Beekman (ID: 1609,000,209)
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
William Beekman
Related Ancestors (Unlinked)
William Brown|William Braun|Jacop Swen|Mr. Swens|Turck|Pieter Alrichs|Mollaet|Mantas Indians|Alexander d'Hinoyossa|Augustine Herrman
Related Ancestors
Alexander d'Hinojossa (ID: 1609,000,213)
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Dutch Delaware River Settlement Administrative Records (Series A1878 _ 1646-1664)
Box
3
Volume
19
Item
64
Link
(link is external)http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/50887