Description taken from published index: "Curaçao. Letter. Vice-director Beck to the directors at Amsterdam ; horses exported to the West India islands ; wreck of the ship St. John with negroes ; many perished for want of food ; horses bitten to death by rattlesnakes on the island of Aruba ; protection required from sea rovers ; arrival of negroes from Cape Verd." (3 pages)

Identifier
NYSA_A1883-78_V17_055

Date Original
January 5 1660

Contributor
Beck, Matthias

Source
New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. Curaçao records, 1640-1665. Series A1883-78. Volume 17, document 55, page 1, side 1.

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Special Project
Mutual Cultural Heritage Project