Document: Minute of attendance of Tapausagh, chief of the Long Island Indians, and Rompsicka on the council

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NYSA_A1809-78_V10_pt3_0007

Description

Minute. Attendance of Tapausagh, chief of the Long Island Indians, and Rompsicka, on the council, to inform them that they had been summoned to Flushing, and there required to sell all their land to the English, &c.; they were told, in answer, that they had already, on 15th January, 1635, sold, and transferred all their land to the Dutch, and not to venture to sell it again.

Document Date

1664-01-07

Document Date (Date Type)

1664-01-07

Document Type

Minutes

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Minute

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Translation

References

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

Translation link see: None

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.