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

Holding Institution

Document ID

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

Full Resolution Image

Download, 100MB+ (Right-Click)

Translation

References

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

Translation link see: None

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.