The latest contribution to the New Netherland Documents series, this volume provides a translation from the Dutch of the proceedings of New Netherland s council meetings from 1656 to 1658. Included among the minutes is the 1657 Flushing Remonstrance, a protest for religious tolerance, which will be placed in its historical context for the first time. In addition, this volume contains a glossary of terms, a key to abbreviations, a detailed introduction, and an appendix containing information about weights and measures. An invaluable resource for scholars interested in early American history,...
The latest contribution to the New Netherland Documents series, this volume provides a translation from the Dutch of the proceedings of New Netherland...
In 1634, the Dutch West India Company was anxious to know why the fur trade from New Netherland had been declining, so the company sent three employees far into Iroquois country to investigate. Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert led the expedition from Fort Orange (present-day Albany, NY). His is the earliest known description of the interior of what is today New York State and its seventeenth-century native inhabitants.
Van den Bogaert was a keen observer, and his journal is not only a daily log of where the expedition party traveled; it is also a detailed account of the Mohawks and the...
In 1634, the Dutch West India Company was anxious to know why the fur trade from New Netherland had been declining, so the company sent three emplo...
