Document: Letter from Sir William Berckly to Peter Stevenson [Peter Stuyvesant]

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V09_0402

Description

Letter. Sir William Berckly to Peter Stevenson, Governour & Generall of the New Netherlands, declining to comply with his request concerning his titles and claims to land in this northern part of America.

Document Date

1660-08-20

Document Date (Date Type)

1660-08-20

Document Type

Letter

Minutes

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 Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 9.

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.