Letter from the directors at Amsterdam to Director Stuyvesant
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Amsterdam. Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant ; war with England ; abuses in land granting ; Van Werckhoven declines the colonies at Raritans and Tappan ; settles at Nyack, L. I. ; demand for Dutch shillings and fourpenny pieces disapproved ; ship New Netherland Fortune attached in Holland ; friendship with the English recommended ; whale, sturgeon and cod fishing to be encouraged ; mulberry trees and silk worms ; Jan van Renselaer complains of Stuyvesant.
Identifier
NYSA_A1810-78_V11_75
NYSA_A1810-78_V11_75
Date Original
December 13 1652
December 13 1652
Source
New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, 1646-1664. Series A1810-78. Volume 11, document 75, page 1, side 1.
New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, 1646-1664. Series A1810-78. Volume 11, document 75, page 1, side 1.
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