Text Legal document issued to Peter Stuyvesant, April 28, 1648 Writ of mandamus, April 28, 1648, concerning the case of Cornelis Melyn and Jochem Pietersz Cuyter, Dutch settlers who suffered losses due to the war "waged by Director Kieft unjustly and contrary to all international law" against the Native Americans. Willem Kieft was the Director of the New Netherlands from 1638 to 1647. He persecuted and massacred Native Americans, and subsequent retaliations led to Kieft's War, with devastating losses on both sides. When Melyn and Cuyter sent a petition to the Netherlands complaining about Kieft, they were banished by Peter Stuyvesant. View Item
Text Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670, page [2]-[3] View Item
Text Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670, docket View Item
Text Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670, page [4]-5] View Item
Text Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670, page [1] View Item
Image Text 4 Items Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670 View Item