Proposals to fortify the city of New Amsterdam and to strengthen the fort, submitted to the council by the director-general on receipt of intelligence that the English were designing to send a force to reduce New Netherland, which is claimed as the property of the crown of England; details of the proposed works.

Identifier
NYSA_A1809-78_V09_0791

Date Original
September 22 1661

Language
Dutch

Source
New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 9.

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