Translation from Van Laer, Correspondence of Jeremias van Rensselaer, doc. 67, pgs. 353-354 Manuscript Images As to our appearance here at the Manhatans, at the Gemene Lantdagh, and...
Translation from Van Laer, Correspondence of Jeremias van Rensselaer, doc. 75, pgs. 364-365 Manuscript Images As to the maid, of whom you wrote to me by the Gekruyste...
Emmanuel Pietersen, a free Black man, petitioned the Council in 1643 to legally adopt and raise an orphaned child of two free Black parents—so the boy could inherit property as free.
Translated in A.J.F. van Laer, Council Minutes, 1638-1649, pgs. 212-213 The 25th of February We, Willem Kleft, director general, and the council of New Netherland, having considered...
Translation from Van Laer, Council Minutes, Volume IV, 1638-1649, docs. 83-85, pgs. 97-100 Anno 1641. In the Name of GodOn Thursday, being the 17th of January Cornelio...
Translation from Van Laer, Register of the Provincial Secretary, Volume I, 1638-1642, doc. 91, pg. 123 [This document and the entirety of Volume I was lost in the...
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