Document: Letter from Thomas Wheeler to the English settlers at Gravesend [Copy of Volume 6:90]

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NYSA_A1809-78_V07_pt1_0087_01a

Description

Letter. Thomas Wheeler (to the English settlers at Gravesend), advising them of an intended attack by the Indians on the Dutch settled in the English towns on Long Island and New England, whom he advises to remove to their own countrymen for safety. [Copy of Volume 6:90]

Document Date

1655-09-27

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-09-27

Document Type

Letter

Minutes

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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 Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 7.

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: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

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.