The Simon Hart Chronology represents summaries of notarial records relating to New Netherland located in the Municipal Archives of Amsterdam. In the 1650s the notaries of Amsterdam were directed, upon retirement or for other reasons, to deposit their protocols in the municipal archives for safekeeping. Simon Hart, during his tenure as chief archivist, spent his free time in the “Depot” of the archives, searching through the protocols

The Annotated Bibliography of the Archaeology of the Delaware River Valley highlights archaeological research related to the Middle and Lower Delaware River Valley (at and below Trenton,...

The Annotated Bibliography of New Netherland Archeology in Rensselaer and Albany Counties, New York summarizes the contents of written resources concerning archeological finds related to Dutch...

PDF – Fort Orange Records, 1654-1679 translation (published book images) Not included in the Calendar but part of the New York Historical Manuscripts / New...

PDF – Fort Orange Records, 1656-1678 translation (published book images)  Not included in the Calendar but part of the New York Historical Manuscripts / New...

PDF – Land Papers: Volumes GG, HH & II translation (published book images) This includes Book GG: Patents, Book HH, Part I: Deeds, Book HH,...

PDF – Volumes 20 and 21, Delaware Papers, English Period, 1664-1682 translation (scanned book images) This collection of official documents pertaining to the administration of...

PDF – Volumes 18 & 19 – Delaware Papers, Dutch Period, 1648-1664 translation (scanned book images)  Grouped together in one PDF This collection of official...

 PDF – Volume 17 Curacao Papers 1640-1665 full document  PDF – Volume 17 Curacao Papers 1640-1665 Transcriptions Petrus Stuyvesant’s career as a colonial administrator for...

  PDF – Volume 16 Fort Orange Court Minutes 1652-1660 Parts II and III are grouped in the same volume. The two volumes (1652–1656  &...

A compilation of Dutch Colonial laws (1647–1658) from New Netherland, addressing daily life, trade, behavior, taxes, property, and governance in early America.

PDF – Volume 12, Correspondence, 1654-1658 translation (scanned book images) This volume contains five years of the official correspondence of New Netherland’s Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant....