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Date:1660.Reference:R2257-0-0-E, MG18-H32, Volume number: 1Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:100975Date(s):1660.Place of creation:New York (State)Extent:0.2 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of a letter written in Dutch, from La Montagne, the vice-director of Fort Orange, to Peter Stuyvesant and the Council, Fort Orange reporting on the Indian attack upon the French at Long Sault. Photocopy, 4 pages.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Stuyvesant, Peter, 1602-1682 : Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch governor of New York (New Netherlands) before it was taken by the English in 1664. He participated actively in the founding of Fort Orange (Albany).Additional information:General note:A translation of the letter from La Montagne to Peter Stuyvesant was published in New York Colonial Documents, volume XIII, p. 175.
Received in 1958 from Jaques Rousseau.Location of originals note:Copied from originals with the New York Colonial Manuscripts, Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG18-H32 -
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