Document: Letter from the States General to Petrus Stuyvesant

Honorable, Pious, Beloved, Faithfull.

We herewith send you some copies of the peace treaty, union, and confederation resolved and concluded on the 15th of April at Westminster between the lords commissioners of the lord protector of the Republic of England, Scotland, and Ireland, on the one side, and the lords extraordinary ambassadors of this state on the other side, whereupon mutual ratification was exchanged on the 2nd of this month in proper form and shall be announced throughout this land on the 27th of this month; therefore, we have deemed it appropriate to send you these copies with the command and order that you observe and follow the aforesaid peace treaty, union, and confederation, in good faith and according to its form and content, as much as it concerns you, and pursuant to the tenor of the publication accompanying this herewith; also, have it observed and followed by all those who are placed and are still to be placed under your command, being nevertheless our intention and desire that you maintain good order and careful watch by the garrison and also the ships under your command, in order to prevent any troubles. Whereby we conclude by commending you to God's holy protection, in The Hague, the 15th of May 1654.

By order of the highly esteemedLords States General,Muysch[1]

[ ADDRESSED: ] Honorable, Pious, our Dear and FaithfulPieter StuijvesantDirector in New Netherland, with publication.

Johan van Reede

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 12, document 2, page 1, side 1.