Document: Letter from William Beeckman to Nicasius de Sille

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1878-78_V18_0087

Description

Letter from William Beeckman to Nicasius de Sille

Document Date

1660-06-17

Document Date (Date Type)

1660-06-17

Document Type

Letter

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Translation

Noble, Honorable, Esteemed, Wise and very Prudent Lord:

My Lord, the bearer of this, Jan Picket, requested his bond again; therefore, I am sending him to you. He has been above several days with his yacht by the Swedes, along with Captain Jan Jacops. Whether this has been permitted by you. I do not know. I would also like to know how I should act if some English should come here from abroad or from Virginia, and refuse to go to Manhattan. I shall await your order on this. In the meantime, I commend you and your family to God's protection, remaining, after greetings,

Willem Beeckman
Nicasius de Sille

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_V18_0087.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.