Document: Letter from director Stuyvesant to vice-director La Montagne

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NYSA_A1810-78_V15_0049

Description

Letter. Director Stuyvesant to (vice-director La Montagne); domine Schaet's daughter guilty of adultery; her illegitimate child christened Benoni, "son of grief," when it ought rather have been called Barabbas; grave charges against said clergyman; an investigation and report ordered.

Document Date

1663-08-30

Document Date (Date Type)

1663-08-30

Document Type

Letter

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Letter

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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: Translated in: Correspondence, 1647-1653, trans. and ed. Charles T. Gehring ("New Netherland Documents Series") (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000).

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.