West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands)

The April 16, 1663 letter from the Dutch West India Company ordering Peter Stuyvesant to permit religious activities beyond those the authorized Dutch Reformed Church; the letter was written as a result of John Bowne's appeal to the Company after being deported by Stuyvesant to the Netherlands for holding Quaker meetings.

English translation of a deed for the sale of land on Long Island comprising modern day Nassau County and Jamaica and Flushing, Queens, from Mechowodt, sachem of the Massapequa Indians, along with Piscamoc, Wattewochkeouw, Kachpohor, and Ketachquawars on behalf of the Massapequa Indians to the Dutch West India Company; witnessed by David Pietersz. de Vries and Maurits Jansen; signed by Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary; late 17th century translation by Peter Delanoy. This deed is unusual in that the Massapequa retain the right to dwell, fish, hunt, and farm on the land.

Late 18th or early 19th century English translation of a Dutch land grant from Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherlands, to Rutger Joesten Van Brunt for land at New Utrecht; Cornelis Van Ruyven, secretary.

Late 18th or early 19th century copy of a land grant from Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherlands, to Rutger Joesten Van Brunt for land at New Utrecht; Cornelis Van Ruyven, secretary.

Collection of 15 items chiefly relating to land in Long Island, N.Y. Includes deeds, indentures, and other documents relating to land sales including a land grant from Peter Stuyvesant and material relating to Capt. John Scott's fraudulent land sales. Also includes other legal documents relating to criminal and civil proceedings.