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Dutch colonial documents, Van Cortlandt deeds, and early Westchester settlement
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856) | 1005 | 189,431 | Original → |
| Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) | 325 | 61,761 | Original → |
| Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) | 236 | 43,115 | Original → |
| E.B. O'Callaghan (1849) | 153 | 26,639 | Original → |
Passages
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] We farther pray your High Mightinesses to allow yourselves to be persuaded to grant the Company the needful assistance, so that this noble Province which hath begun to prosper right well in trade and agriculture, and w…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Your High Mightinesses' Humble Servants, The Directors of the West India Company, Chamber at Amsterdam. Amsterdam, this 24 ) ^ (Signed) J. Bontemantel r> ■ A OQ r January, 1656. r. n Received 28 •' Dauid van Baerle. Se…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] The soil hereabouts, and on both sides of said river, is very fertile and the most part of it exceedingly well adapted for tillage and grain; it also produces various descriptions of fruits. Thousands of Beavers can be…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] But not knowing under what pretence to go there, he proceeded to Sweden and having, as 'twas asserted, obtained a Commission from that Crown, transported himself thence forthwith to the South River with one or two ship…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] The Swedes, notwithstanding, have erected a fort on these grounds and streams so indisputably belonging to the Company, namely, on the point of the Shuylkil aforesaid, by them called Kievit's hook, and moreover built t…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] The Swedes, who were daily increasing in numbers and arrogance, have not only charged their people not to trade with the Company's settlers nor to pay them their debts, but also strictly forbade our settlers aforesaid …
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Wherefore, Director Stuyvesant was under the necessity of proceeding thither in person in the year 1G51, for the preservation and protection of the Company's right and jurisdiction, and for the maintenance of its inhab…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] 'Twas shortly after made manifest, that these subterfuges were destitute of truth, for said Governor then for the first time tried to buy from a certain Sachem or Indian chief, named Waspangzewan, such lands as he alre…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] of any Christian Nation there, taken and caused to be taken possession thereof full 12 years before the coming of the Swedes; which possession was further confirmed and rendered indisputable by prior and legal purchase…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] And as the Governor of Fort Christina, named John Rising, so unjustly filched the possession of the aforesaid fort in the year 1654, from this State and the Company, as already narrated, and as nothing was to be expect…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] officers as Agents on the behalf of her Royal Majesty of Sweden on the one part, and the 592 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. Director-General and Council, as Agents of this State and the Company, on the other. But this …
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Appendix 2. Received 28 January, 1 656. Secret. We, the undersigned, namely: Amattehooren, Alibakinne, Sinquees, Sachems over the district of country called Armenveruis, situate around and on the Schuylkill, declare we…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Underneath was : Agrees with the original, and signed : Cornells van Tienhoven, Secret^. After collation, this is found to agee with the original copy, being sewed at N° 23, in a>3ertain letter book from New Netherland…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General of New Netherland, Curagao and dependencies thereof, etc. The undernamed good vassals and subjects, residing under the sovereignty of their High Mightinesses the Lords States General …
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] '^* 596 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. • Ajipe7idix 4. Received 23 January, 1656. Secret. We the undersigned hereby declare and testify, with offer to confirm the same by oath on the requisition of the valiant and hono…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] John Prints, the Swedish Governor, who requested him to sell his lands, situate both on the east and west shores of this South River, described and named as followeth : On the east bank Matit Conghsingh beginning at th…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Which aforesaid lands he, the Sachem now was not inclined to sell nor to convey tp the Swedish^ Governor because said Governor, without acknowledging him as proprietor, had taken the land and had, against his, the Sach…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Petrus Stuyvesant, his lands aforesaid, with all right and title thereof; accordingly substituting in our presence the aforesaid gentleman in his real and actual possession by a free donation and gift, in further assur…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] iS-• Beneath was: Upon collation, by me, found to agree with the original (dated and signed as above) and ( Signed )P Cornelis van Ruyven, Secretary. Appendix 5. Received 28 January, 1656. Secret. \^e, the subscribers,…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] First, the said General caused the Interpreter to ask namely Matthehoorn, Pemenattha and Sinquessen, whether they were Chiefs and Proprietors of the lands situate on the west side of this river at present partly incorp…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] As a further evidence and declaration, he also added, that one Cornelis with one eye, or a film on his eye, was the first who joming here, made his dwelling on the river. 598 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. N. B. The af…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] He 'declared further, that neither the Swedes nor any ether nation had bought lands of them as right owners, except the patch on which Fort Christina stood, and that all the other houses of the Swedes, built at -"Tinne…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] The answer of the aforesaid Sachems was : If we sell the Great Sachem of the Manhattans the land from the Schuykil down to the Bay, where then will the houses of the Swedes remain? Will the Sachem of the Swedes, then, …
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Memoir) of Pennsylvania Historical Society, III., pt L, 146, 149. — Ed. • HOLLAND DOCUMENTS : VIIL -599 After a little consultation together, the three Sachems aforesaid rose up, to wit — Mattehoorn Pemenatta and Sinqu…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] This we, undersigned, declare substantially thus occurred before us, and by the Interpreter Sander Boyer, present with four others versed in the Indian tongue, who confirm the same, being ready, when necessary and on b…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Secret We Amattehooren, Peminackan, Ackehoorn and Sinquees, Sachems and right owners of the lands situate on the west shore of the South River of New Netherland, do hereby certify and declare, that we, for ourselves, o…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Stuyvesant, for the West India Company, all actual and real possession, property, right and jurisdiction, not only for ou''selves, but also for all our heirs and co-heirs, hereby surrogating and constituting him right …
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] All done without any guile or deceit, and signed with our customary marks, on the land Camecouck itself; this 19 July, 1G55. Lower stood: -z^ this mark is made t)y Amattehoorn himself; ^^ this mark is made by Sinquees …
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Hitherto and until we receive further information from your HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: VIII. 601 Honors, we decline their proposal, inasmuch as we know not whether it would be well or ill received. I only request your Honors t…
E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] that he would not give an hour's delay, and that he had his commission on board the ship and that we should soon see its bullets; and the soldiers were forthwith driven out the fort and their property detained as well …