Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York: Holland documents. 1856-58. v. 3-8, London documents. 1853-57. v. 9-10, Paris documents. 1855-58

John Romeyn Brodhead

Weed, Parsons, 1858 - New York (State)

Contents

• March: 2
• July: 17
• Resolution of the Common Council of Amsterdam referring a memorial of the Commissioners on: 21
• April: 22
• 1654: 24
• August: 28
• Examination of Nicholas Bernard before a committee in the City Hall of New Amsterdam: 57
• Extract from the proceedings of the XIX of the West India Company respecting New Netherland: 72
• October: 84
• 28: 92
• Letter of Ambassador Van Gogh to Secretary Ruysch: 129
• 1633: 139
• Confiscation of Captain Lavalls old ketch: 142
• December: 154
• Letter of the Magistrates of Gravesend to the Directors at Amsterdam in vindication of their loyalty: 157
• Commission of Peter Alrigs to be Schout and Commandant of the South river: 160
• Letter of Director Stuyvesant to the Magistrates of Gravesend L I ordering them to send him: 162
• Letter of the StatesGeneral to Ambassador Van Gogh thereupon inclosing copy of the West India: 163
• Letter of Messrs Willet and Baxter respecting the negotiation of the Treaty at Hartford: 164
• Resolution of the Commissioners of the citys Colonie on the Delaware river: 171
• Letter of Director Stuyvesant to the Magistrates of New Amstel: 178
• 32: 180
• Letter of Sheriff Van Sweringen on affairs in the citys Colonie: 182
• Account debit and credit of receipts and disbursements for the citys Colonie on the Delaware river: 186
• Resolution of the Common Council of Amsterdam referring certain matters affecting the citys Colonie: 200
• July Aug Resolutions of the Chamber at Amsterdam touching the citys Colonie on the Delaware river: 206
• Resolution of the Common Council of Amsterdam to send a ship to the citys Colonie on the Delaware: 212
• Journal kept by Messrs Van Ruyven Van Cortlant and Laurence delegates to the General Assembly: 216
• Memorial of the Directors of the West India Company c to the StatesGeneral complaining of: 224
• Letter of Ambassador Van Gogh to Secretary Ruysch respecting New Netherland c: 231
• April: 237
• Articles of capitulation on the reduction of New Netherland by the English: 250
• Reply of the StatesGeneral to the King of Englands answer c: 260
• October: 271
• Letter of the StatesGeneral to their Ambassadors at London Paris c thereupon: 277
• April: 331
• Proposition made on the part of the King of France to the King of England regarding the differences: 352
• 1664: 368
• Letter of Captain John Scott to the Honorable Peter Stuyvesant General of the Dutch on: 393
• Propositions made by the French Ambassadors at London as mediators c respecting the cession: 419
• Commission of Messrs Van Ruyven and Epesteyn to investigate certain complaints brought against: 422
• Resolution of the StatesGeneral referring the foregoing documents to a committee c: 428
• Resolution of the StatesGeneral referring the foregoing documents: 447
• August: 471
• March: 488
• Petition of ExDirector Stuyvesant to the committee of the StatesGeneral c praying that: 510
• Letter of the Governor c of Connecticut to Governor Colve: 511
• Instruction to the Dutch Plenipotentiaries at Breda respecting the cession of New Netherland: 517
• Protest against Thomas Pel for settling in Westchester: 518
• Letter of the Dutch Ambassadors at London to the StatesGeneral: 523
• Letter of King Charles II to the StatesGeneral respecting the restitution of NewYork: 544
• who will plant Colonies in New Netherland: 551
• Letter of the Amsterdam Chamber of the West India Company to the StatesGeneral in reply to theirs: 566
• Nomination and oath of the municipal officers for the city of New Orange: 572
• August: 578
• Nomination of Magistrates for Staten Island: 586
• Order on a petition from the several towns at Esopus: 592
• Proclamation ordering the exclusive use of the weights and measures of Amsterdam: 595
• Petition of the Burgomasters and Schepens of the city of New Orange: 598
• Examination of the Captains of four New England ketches captured and brought in by Commander: 611
• Commission to Captain Knyff who is sent to administer the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants at: 620
• Confiscation of the four New England ketches captured by Commander Ewoutsen: 625
• Valuation of the houses and lots in the immediate vicinity of Fort Willem Hendrick which: 635
• Commission of Captain Willem Knyff to be Fiscal of New Netherland: 651
• Oath taken by the officers of the militia of the city of New Orange and their names: 670
• Commission of Martin Kregier Junior empowering him to regulate the estate of Thomas de Laval: 676
• April: 703
• Order confiscating property in New Netherland belonging to the inhabitants of New England Virginy: 710
• June: 716
• June: 723
• July: 734
• Letter of the StatesGeneral to the Boards of Admiralty thereupon: 738
• 160: 753

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York: Holland documents. 1856-58. v. 3-8, London documents. 1853-57. v. 9-10, Paris documents. 1855-58; Volume 2 of Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, New York (State). Legislature; Volume 2 of Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York: Procured in Holland, England, and France, New York (State). Legislature
• Author: John Romeyn Brodhead
• Editors: Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan
• Translated by: Berthold Fernow
• Contributor: New York (State). Legislature
• Publisher: Weed, Parsons, 1858
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Aug 23, 2007