Transcriptions of Dutch legal documents on Flatbush, Flatlands, and Gravesend circa 1656-1850

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Transcriptions of Dutch legal documents on Flatbush, Flatlands, and Gravesend circa 1656-1850

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arms_1978_034_dutch_legal_documents/arms_1978_034_dutch_legal_documents.html

English transcriptions of Dutch legal documents concerning the towns of Flatlands, Flatbush, and Gravesend. Some appear to have been copied from official records of the Dutch government of New Amsterdam (later New York City) and to have been written by Peter Stuyvesant, the last governor to lead New Amsterdam before the colony was seized by the British in 1664. The original documents date from 1656 to 1719, while the transcriptions were created circa 1850. The repository at which the original Dutch documents are housed is not known.

0.02 Linear feet; in one folder.

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Stuyvesant, Peter, 1610-1672

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Peter Stuyvesant (1610-1672), a major figure in the early history of New York City, was the last Director-General of the Dutch colonial province of New Netherland (later New York). He was appointed by the Dutch West India Company in 1646 and served until 1664, when New Netherland was ceded to the English and later renamed New York. From the guide to the Peter Stuyvesant proclamation, 1662, (Brooklyn Historical Society) ...