Document: Letter from Stuyvesant to the magistrates of Fort Orange

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Document ID

NYSA_A1810-78_V15_0140

Description

Letter. Stuyvesant to (the magistrates of Fort Orange, &c.); his return to Manhattan; arrival of the English frigates; strength of the enemy; very little hope of relief.

Document Date

1664-08-29

Document Date (Date Type)

1664-08-29

Document Type

Letter

Document Type Unlinked

Letter

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Translation

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source:New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. Dutch colonial administrative correspondence, 1646-1664. Series A1810-78. Volume 15.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

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Published bound volume is also available: Translated in: Correspondence, 1647-1653, trans. and ed. Charles T. Gehring ("New Netherland Documents Series") (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000).

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.