Dutch West India Company records

Minutes, legal documents, letters, resolutions, agreements, instructions to shipmasters, and other business records of the Dutch West India Company on ventures in South Africa, Brazil, and other parts of the world. Among the minutes for 1660 is an item about the claims of Cecil Calvert, proprietor...

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Corporate Author: West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) (Creator)
Collection:Dutch West India Company Records
Collection Number:0183
Format: Manuscript
Language:Dutch
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Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet 3 boxes (500 items), 1 flat file
Summary: Minutes, legal documents, letters, resolutions, agreements, instructions to shipmasters, and other business records of the Dutch West India Company on ventures in South Africa, Brazil, and other parts of the world. Among the minutes for 1660 is an item about the claims of Cecil Calvert, proprietor of Maryland, to the land at New Amstel, Del.; Extract de Heeren Staten von Hollandt, Ende West Vrieslant in Haer Groot Mog, 1674; legal documents on a suit in Saint Eustatius over sale of a mulatto servant from Philadelphia, 1786. These papers are part of a lot, sold at auction in Amsterdam, Holland, 1867, known as the Bontemantel papers because most of the papers are in the handwriting of Hans Bontemantel, one of the directors of the Amsterdam Chamber. The other portion of the collection is now in the possession of the New York Public Library.