Document: Letter from William Beeckman to director Stuyvesant

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1878-78_V19_0068

Description

Letter. William Beeckman to director Stuyvesant; death of councillor Willems at New Amstel.

Document Date

1662-12-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1662-12-23

Document Type

Letter

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Translation

Noble, Honorable Lord:

When I arrived in New Amstel today for the funeral of Mr. Willemsz, I found that Peter Lourens had not departed because of the extremely bad weather.

Furthermore, this will also serve to inform you that I have been forced to ask Mr. Huygen for commodities worth f300, beaver-value, because I had to receive and pay for the two cows and the pigs, which I had bought, as the cows become lean here and are stabled during the cold months.

Whereby I commend you to God's protection, remaining forever.

References

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

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1878/NYSA_A1878-78_V19_0068.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C. trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. 18-19, Delaware Papers: Dutch Period, 1648-1664 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1981).

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.