Correspondence, 1647-1653

Volume XI of the Dutch Colonial Manuscripts comprises the correspondence of Petrus Stuyvesant from 1647 to 1653. It represents the first six years of his seventeen-year tenure as director general of New Netherland, spanning the final years of the war with Spain through the first war with England.

Stuyvesant became director general of the possessions of the West India Company at a critical time in the history of the United Provinces. Major...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815627920
• ISBN13: 9780815627920
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"