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Letter by P. Schagen in which he mentions the purchase of Manhattan

Title: Letter by P. Schagen in which he mentions the purchase of Manhattan
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Date of creation: 1626
Place of creation: Amsterdam
Temporal: 1626
Size: 1
Source: Arch. S.G. 1.01.04 invnr. 5751 II [Handschrift (Pen in inkt)] (Geheugen van Nederland [Nationaal Archief, Den Haag])
Copyright: Nationaal Archief
Remark: illustraties: geen

In the letter, dated November the 5th 1626 and directed to the States General, WIC-administrator Pieter Schagen described the situation of New Amsterdam. Among other things he mentioned the fact that the island of Manhattan had been purchased from the Indians for goods worth sixty Dutch guilders.

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