Document: Proposals to fortify the city of New Amsterdam and to strengthen the fort, submitted to the council by the director-general

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NYSA_A1809-78_V09_0791

Description

Proposals to fortify the city of New Amsterdam and to strengthen the fort, submitted to the council by the director-general on receipt of intelligence that the English were designing to send a force to reduce New Netherland, which is claimed as the property of the crown of England; details of the proposed works.

Document Date

1661-09-22

Document Date (Date Type)

1661-09-22

Document Type

Proposals

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Proposals

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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.