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- GLC#
- GLC03699
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- March 6, 1656
- Author/Creator
- Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672
- Title
- [Commission of Captain Frederick de Coninck and Captain Lieutenant Brian Nuton for operations in Westchester] [in Dutch]
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 15 cm
- Language
- Dutch
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Cosigned by Nicasius de Sille, First Counsellor of New Netherland Jan La Montagne, and Secretary of New Netherland Cornelis Van Tienhoven. Details a secret mission to the English town of Westchester to seize criminals, banish the other inhabitants, and burn the town, except for such dwellings that can be used to house troops and those who will care for livestock. Beginning of document is missing. Second page is a draft of page one and is struck. Written from New Amsterdam.
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