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Nicholls, Richard, 1624-1672 [True copy of articles, whereupon the Citty and Fort Amsterdam and the Province of the New Netherlands were surrendered]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00377 Author/Creator: Nicholls, Richard, 1624-1672 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 29 September 1664 Pagination: 6 p. : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Co-signers of original are listed at end, including: Robert Carr, Connecticut Governor John Winthrop, Samuel Willis, George Cartwright, Thomas Larke, John Pricham, Johan I Dechere, Nicholas Barlet, Samuel Mogapolonsio, Cornolis Sterunyck, Oloft Stopons Van Cortland, Jacquios Coussuan. Twenty-three articles stating the properties and rights of the new governance of New Amsterdam. Partial docket reads "Articles concerning."

Nicholls, Richard, 1624-1672
Carr, Robert, fl. 1664
Winthrop, John, 1606-1676
Willis, Samuel, fl. 1664
Cartwright, George, fl. 1664
Larke, Thomas, fl. 1664
Pricham, John, fl. 1664
Dechere, Johan I., fl. 1664
Bartlet, Nicholas, fl. 1664
Mogapolonsio, Samuel, fl. 1664
Sterunyck, Cornolis, fl. 1664
Van Cortlandt, Oloft Stopons, fl. 1664
Coussuan, Jacquios, fl. 1664

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