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Letter from the Directors in Amsterdam to the Director General and Council

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The 19th of September 1657.[1]

Honorable, Prudent, Beloved, Faithful. After our general letter[2] was sealed and already sent off we resolved also to send to your honor by this ship, the Wasbleecker, some goods and necessities required for the soldiers: russet, English caps, shirts, stockings, and shoes (as can be seen in the accompanying manifest)[3], sothat they can be provided for to some extent against the winter. Your honor is herewith advised to distribute the same according to the most utility and to those most in need.

Honorable, Prudent, Beloved, Faithful, commending your honor to God's blessed protection, remaining,

Ab. de Decker de Jonge

Amsterdam, 19 September 1657.

[ ADDRESSED: ]

To the Lords Petrus Stuyvesant, director general, and councilors in New Netherland.

Notes

The original, which was sent aboard the Wasbleecker, differs only in minor points from an accompanying duplicate letter omitted here.
Letter dated September 15, 1657; see document 12:66.
The manifest does not survive.

References

A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.