Document: Minute that director Stuyvesant submitted a report of his transactions in Curaçao and the Caribbee islands; date of his departure and return from the West Indies

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NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0061b

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Minute. That director Stuyvesant submitted a report in council of his transactions in Curaçao and the Caribbee islands; report ordered deposited in the secretary's office; minute of the date of director Stuyvesant's departure for and return from the West Indies.

Document Date

1655-07-14

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-07-14

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Minutes

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Minute

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Translation

14 July.

At the session the honorable lord director general Petrus Stuyvesant reported on his business at Curasao and the islands of the Caribbean, and communicated what transpired to the honorable lords councilors, and presented to the secretary the papers and documents of what happened during this time. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. Ady ut supra. 14 July 1655.

The honorable lord general departed from here on the 24th of December 1654 and returned, praise be to God, on the 11th of July 1655.

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/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V06_0061b.xml

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.