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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04904 Author/Creator: Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Letter Date: 1725/07/03 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 36.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

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.

Winne, Peter, fl. 1722-1725
Schuyler, Jeremy, fl. 1725

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