Letter from the Directors to Stuyvesant, April 16, 1663
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Date
April 16, 1663
Description
Letter. Directors to Stuyvesant; governor of Nova Scotia fined at Boston; proceedings of Connecticut on Long Island; fortifications on Staten Island recommended; boundaries; gov. Winthrop; fur trade with Boston; Huguenot emigrants from Rochelle; necessity of extinguishing the Indian title to the good lands in New Netherland; a runaway servant hanged at the Delaware; Mr. d'Hinoyossa recalled; an English clergyman versed in the art of physic to be provided with medicines; censured for banishing John B (owne), the Quaker; emigrants.; Description from published volume: "Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant arrested John Bowne, a Flushing Quaker, who persisted in holding religious meetings in his home. Bowne was banished and went to Holland for a hearing before the Directors of the West India Company. The Directors released him and rebuked the headstrong governor. The Directors wrote Governor Stuyvesant that he should 'at least not force people's consciences, but all everyone to have his own belief, as long as he behaves quietly and legally, gives no offence to his neighbors and does not oppose the government.'" 1949-1950 New York State Freedom Train Document No. 3.
Type
Written Document
Region
New York State
Era
Colonial America
Topic
Colonial America, Dutch
Repository
Identifier
NYSA_A1810-78_V15_0012
Source
New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. Dutch colonial administrative correspondence. A1810-78. Volume 15, page 12.
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