Document: Letter from Jacob Jansen Huys' wife to director Stuyvesant

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0766

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Letter. Jacob Jansen Huys' wife to director Stuyvesant, consigning certain articles to him in case of her husband's absence.

Document Date

1657-11-24

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-11-24

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Letter

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Letter

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Translation

[several lines lost] husband by Jelle Pieters [ ] skipper Beer [ ] to him [ ] anckers of brandy, two guns, a small barrel containing one hundred pounds of powder, and one ditto with as many pounds of shot, marked as in the margin, and whereas I am afraid that my husband will not be able to be there with you upon the arrival of the said skipper, I pray your honors to receive this in his name, so that my husband may obtain it when he arrives at your place. I pray your honor not to blame me for my boldness. I would have liked to relieve your honors of this, but whereas in the absence of my husband I don’t know to whom to address his goods, I found myself forced to trouble your honors. Your honors, please be assured of my modesty, where I can or may try to be and remain,

My lord, your honors’ obliged to serve servant Sara Aderijaens, wife of skipper Jacob Jansen Huijs.

The superscription was my lord, my lord Pieter Stuyvesant director of the honorable Chartered West India Company in New Netherland.

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_V08_0766.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.