This volume of land papers from the “Colonial Manuscripts” in the New York State Archives comprises translations of three Dutch record books lettered GG, HH...

This collection of official documents pertaining to the administration of the Delaware region ends with the seizure of New Netherland from the Dutch in 1664. It is the first of two published translations that comprise volumes 18 to 21.

Piece of Eight – The Spanish dollar or “piece of eight” became an international currency in the 16th century as the volume of international trade...

Hans Bontemantel was a director of the Dutch West India Company’s Amsterdam Chamber, which supervised the governance of New Netherland. In addition to official correspondence,...

Collected on this page are the manuscript images, transcription, and translation of the Govert Loockermans Correspondence and Papers, N.D., 1647-1700 (Series XXII of the Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd...

Antony de Hooges served as business manager of Rensselaerswijck, beginning somewhere between March 1645 and February 1646 and running through March 1648. De Hooges recorded...

Manuscript Images

Manuscript Images

Manuscript Images    

Important General Considerations Spelling Standards – ij is expressed as y – Name endings ss, sz., or sen have been standardized to sz – When...

A comprehensive bibliography highlighting scholarship on slavery, African American life, intercultural relations, and the Atlantic Creole experience in New Netherland and Colonial New York. These works explore the roles of Africans and African Americans in the Dutch Atlantic world, from early settlement and cultural exchange to resistance, emancipation, and legacy.

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...