Letter from Stuyvesant to the directors at Amsterdam

Letter. Stuyvesant to the directors at Amsterdam; block house at Oysterbay; boundaries; arrival at New Amsterdam of John Winthrop, governor of Connecticut; New Haven annexed to it; John Scott; Maryland; commissary Beeckman; threats of Esopus Indians; complaint against the authorities of the city's colonie at the Delaware; manner in which the trade and navigation act is evaded in Virginia; gov. Berkeley; Melyn resides at New Haven; Staten Island; slaves; currency; duties payable in specie; Brian Newton and surgeon Varrevanger discharged.
Identifier
NYSA_A1810-78_V14_0064
Date Original
July 15 1662
Language
Dutch
Source
New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, 1646-1664. Series A1810. Volume 14.
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