Bøger af Charles T. Gehring

The records from 1654 to 1679 are translated from the original Dutch. This is part of Syracuse University Press' New Netherland Documents Series.

This volume is a collection Petrus Stuyvesant's correspondence from 1647 to 1653, the first six years of his tenure as director general of New Netherland. These letters show how the young Stuyvesant handled major problems in his administration and confronted the challenges laid before him.

Volume XII of the ""Dutch Colonial Manuscripts"" contains the correspondence of Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland from 1654-1658. It represents the earliest surviving correspondence, comprising letters from the directors in Amsterdam and the governors of neighbouring colonies.

This volume, part of the New York Historical Manuscripts series, presents the early years of the administration of New York's first governorship under Sir Edmund Andros, who, as a loyal supporter of King Charles II, was awarded succeeding governorships of the English North American colonies.

This volume describes the laws and ordinances from the colony of New Netherland from 1647 to 1658 and writs of appeal from 1658 to 1663. The laws reveal the legal thinking of the Dutch on subjects such as Indians, smuggling, crime and everyday issues including wages, fencing and land allocation.