to Barnardus Holthuysen re: profitable trade with the "far" Indians

GLC03107.04904

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GLC#
GLC03107.04904-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1725/07/03
Title
to Barnardus Holthuysen re: profitable trade with the "far" Indians
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 36.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

The manuscript describes a profitable fur trade with the far Indians, which the writer thinks exceeds any profit made by the French in Canada. The first half of the document is written in Dutch. Address leaf and docket on verso.

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