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Director-General of New Netherland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of Directors-General, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, of the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland (Nieuw Nederland in Dutch) in North America. The largest settlement in New Netherland was New Amsterdam, which became the city of New York when the English took control of and renamed the Dutch colony in 1664. This page was last modified 12:52, 26 November 2005. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_director_generals_of_New_Netherland   (102 words)

Peter Stuyvesant The fourth and last Director-General of New Netherland was the somewhat notorious Peter Stuyvesant. New Netherland was divided to become the English colonies of New York and New Jersey. As the new governor, Stuyvesant's charge was to improve the economic status of the colony and to quell the Indian hostilities that interfered with the growth and economic development of Dutch settlements like Pavonia. www.njcu.edu /programs/jchistory/Pages/S_Pages/Stuyvesant_Peter.htm   (573 words)

New Netherland Project Historical Calendar Johan Rising, governor of New Sweden, surrenders the Swedish colony to Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland. The place name New Netherland appears for the first in a resolution of the States General of the United Provinces concerning trading licenses between New France and Virginia. New Netherland officially returned to England as the province of New York, as a result of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the third Anglo-Dutch war. www.nnp.org /project/historical.html   (827 words)

Sullivan - History of New York State 1523-1927 The States General, though not very strong at that time, had, of course, a certain degree of authority over all the provincial governments, and it was their wish to establish or to get the Company through its provincial Director to establish a governmental system like that of the home provinces in New Netherland. The new tribunal was empowered to decide "all cases whatsoever," subject only to the restriction of asking the opinion of the governor upon all momentous questions, who reserved to himself the privilege, which he frequently exercised, of presiding in the court, whenever he thought proper to do so.-Justice Chas. Next in magisterial authority were the directors of the company, who exercised supervision of, and accepted responsibility for, the judicial acts of their provincial officials, the superintendents of the trading posts and the ship captains. www.courts.state.ny.us /history/elecbook/sullivan/pg2.htm   (9609 words)

ucutd003.html Directors of the West India Company, in the hope that something may be granted him on the arrears in his salary." Dominie Blom was a brave man. An honest, conscientious man. None other would take his new-made wife out in the wilderness to preach the gospel of the Lord. The general supervision and management of the company was lodged in a board or chamber of nineteen members, distributed among different cities of Holland. All servants of the company under wages, all passengers and new comers who settled elsewhere, provided they did so within six weeks were exempt from applying for the right for the exercise of "all sorts of handicraft and the practice thereof." It was refused to the Jews. www.webroots.org /library/usahist/ucutd003.html   (12197 words)

1656 - Land grant from Peter Stuyvesant to Alexander Boyer Land grant (dated November 30, 1656) from Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherland, to Alexander Boyer for a plantation of about 72 acres (24 morgen) on the Delaware River (South River) north of Fort Casimir, bordering on the land of Frans Smith.. www.state.de.us /sos/dpa/exhibits/document/17th/documents/doc06.shtml   (122 words)

New York colony history The Dutch colony, called New Netherland, grew slowly at first, because the Dutch West India Company neglected the northern outposts in favor of its holdings in the rich West Indies. In 1689 news arrived in New York that James II had been overthrown in England’s Glorious Revolution and that Andros, governor of the Dominion of New England, had been captured by Boston rebels. New Netherland and New Amsterdam were renamed New York. www.alomani.com /knowledge/history/us/newyork.html   (948 words)

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Peter Stuyvesant 1592-1672 Two years later he was appointed director-general of New Netherlands, and took the oath of office on 28 July, 1646. Peter Stuyvesant (also known as Pietrus Stuyvesant), the son of a clergyman of Friesland, was born in the Netherlands in 1592. In deference to the popular will, he ordered a general election of eighteen delegates, from whom the governor and his council selected a board of nine, whose power was advisory and not legislative. odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/stuyvesant/stuyvesant.htm   (1079 words)

Establishing Slavery in Colonial New York Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherland from 1647 to 1664, was hired by the DWIC to impose order on the loosely structured colony. The English seized control of New Netherland in 1664 and divided it into the two colonies of New York and New Jersey. In 1750, the enslaved population of New York was 11,014 (14% of the total population), nearly double the figure of 1720. www.hudsonvalley.org /web/phil-slav.html   (795 words)

Money Substitutes in New Netherland and Early New York The directors felt the New Englanders were robbing the company of their revenues by exporting the beavers and at the same time causing problems for New Netherland by bringing into the colony excessive quantities of wampum, which the directors stated, "is a currency utterly valueless, except among New Netherland Indians only." (Laws p. Since the Amsterdam directors continually refused to supply silver coin to the province, the New Netherland council discussed an alternative approach to the issue in October of 1661 with the discussion of the establishment of a mint. The new Director General of the province, Stuyvesant, felt it was his duty to send his secretary, Cornelis van Tienhoven, to write a reply and defend the former Director before the States General. www.coins.nd.edu /ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/NNWampum.html   (20308 words)

New Sweden With the Dutch at New Netherland and Fort Nassau relations of an independent but friendly character were to be observed, but "force was to be repelled by force" should belligerent measures be necessary. The voyages of these vessels were generally disastrous, which, coupled with Sweden's wars on the continent and the death of Gustavus Adolphus on the battlefield of Ltzen, cast a shadow upon the enterprise, so auspiciously inaugurated. So far as the limits of the State of New Jersey are concerned the political influence of New Sweden was of a negative character. www.usgennet.org /usa/nj/state1/new_sweden.htm   (3022 words)

City Tour: New York City Historic Sites @ nationalgeographic.com Peter Minuit, director general of New Netherland, purchased Manhattan from the Indians in 1626 for $24 worth of baubles, and the Dutch proceeded to settle on the island’s southern tip. First capital of the new nation from 1789 to 1790, New York City blossomed, and by 1844 it was the country’s most populous city. Closed Mon.-Tues.; Donations) Among the treasures of this repository of New York history (founded in 1804) are original watercolors by John Jay Audubon, an exceptional collection of colonial silver, federal furniture, and Tiffany lamps. www.nationalgeographic.com /destinations/New_York_City/New_York_City_Historic_Sites.html   (948 words)

Who is Peter Stuyvesant? There was, generally, a cheerful submission to the conquerors on the part of the inhabitants, and profound quiet reigned in New York after the turmoil of the surrender. The principle was favorable to the growth of republicanism in New Netherland, for Stuyvesant was compelled to respect it. The remainder of New Netherland soon passed into the possession of the English, and the city and province were named New York, also in compliment to the duke. www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/whoispet_gi.html   (3769 words)

William Keift William Kieft, the third Director-General of New Netherland, had a less than illustrious career in the Dutch colony in America. Peter Stuyvesant arrived in 1647 to become the next director-general of New Netherland and help the failing settlement. Soon after his arrival in September 1639, Kieft levied a tax on the Indians living in New Netherland on both sides of the Hudson River. www.njcu.edu /programs/jchistory/Pages/K_Pages/Kieft_William.htm   (517 words)

New Sweden New Netherland - New Netherland, territory included in a commercial grant by the government of Holland to the Dutch... New Sweden, Swedish colony (1638–55), on the Delaware River; included parts of what are now Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Johan Björnsson Printz - Printz, Johan Björnsson, 1592–1663, colonial governor of New Sweden, b. www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0835483.html   (277 words)

Center for Jewish History in the Press and Media And Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch director general of New Netherland, also appeals to his employers at the Dutch West India Company to deny them permanent residence. New Amsterdam was a destination for Jews who had fled Spain and Portugal but who spoke their languages and remained in contact with citizens of their empires. But over time they flourished at the center of New York's cultural, political and religious life of the 18th and early 19th centuries: writing, engaging in commerce and politics, donating books to the first public library, joining the first New York Chamber of Commerce. www.cjh.org /about/inthenews_article.cfm?id=39   (888 words)

New Netherland Netherland, Sewell and Associates Announces New Officers for Dallas Office; Executive Promotions Strengthen NSAI Commitment to Excellence in Worldwide Upstream Petroleum Industry. New Netherland, territory included in a commercial grant by the government of Holland to the Netherland, Sewell and Associates Appoint New Officers; New Promotions Support Company's Commitment to Employees and Clients. www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0835451.html   (363 words)

German American Corner: German Achievements in America 3 During his regime, which lasted from 1643 to 1654, the colony New Sweden became very successful and thereby aroused the jealousy of the Dutch, who, while Buchau was on a trip to Europe, attacked the colony and annexed it to New Netherland. To protect New Netherland against an attack by these steadily encroaching neighbors, Minnewit erected a fort at the south end of Manhattan Island. Soon afterwards he became the founder and first director of New Sweden, a Swedish colony at the mouth of the Delaware River. www.germanheritage.com /Publications/cronau/cronau3.html   (1083 words)

Lambert Van Valckenburgh in New Amsterdam A drawing in The Iconography of Manhattan Island [II, 273,274, 388) outlines the bounds of this land, as well as the boundaries of the farm bought in 1644 of Jan Jacobsen and of the farm secured in 1649 of Director General Stuyvesant. [Register of the Provincial Secretary of New Netherland, II, 121.] (Evjen's Scandinawan Immigrants in New York (page 406) erroneously places Lambert as a German from Falkenburg in Germany, having been misled by the similarity of place names). The confirmation of title to this property issued in 1668 [Libci- Patents, III, 43, Albany] by Richard Nicolls, Governor of the Province of New York, refers to the ground-brief from Stuyvesant to Lambert van Valckenburgh, dated May 15, 1649, covering 48 acres (24 morgens), and recites that the land was conveyed to Claes Martensen. www.vanvalkenburg.org /lambert-manhattan.html   (830 words)

CORRESPONDENCE (1647-1653) :: New Netherlandic and Early Dutch American History :: Book :: goDutch.com It represents the first six years of his seventeen-year tenure as director general of New Netherland. Stuyvesant became director general of the possessions of the West India Company at a critical time in the history of the United Provinces. Records of the Court of Assizes for the Colony of New York, 1665-1682 www.godutch.com /catalogue/bookN.asp?id=254   (270 words)

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! In 1626 Peter Minuit, the first director general of New Netherland province, is said to have purchased the island from the local Indians (the Manhattan, a tribe of the Wappinger Confederacy) with trinkets and cloth valued at 60 guilders, then worth about 1 In 1898 Greater New York was formed when Manhattan was joined with the newly created boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond, and the Bronx. Manhattan is often mistakenly deemed synonymous with New York City. www.britannica.com /ebc/print_toc?tocId=9050534   (267 words)

Amazon.com: Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664: Books In 1652, Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland, established a court at Fort Orange, on the west side of New York State's upper Hudson River. From the time of its establishment until 1664, when the English conquered New Netherland and changed the name of the settlement to Albany, Beverwijck underwent rapid development as newly wealthy traders, craftsmen, and other workers built houses, roads, bridges, and a school, as well as a number of inns. With the recent glut of books on the history of New York City (which, personally, I can't get enough of), it is refreshing to take a break and read about the history of the state's capitol, Albany--Beverwijck, as it was known way back when. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0791460800?v=glance   (1142 words)

AllRefer.com - Peter Minuit (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia Peter Minuit[min´yOOit] Pronunciation Key, c.1580–1638, first director-general of New Netherland, b. Sent by the Dutch West India Company to take charge of its holdings in America, Minuit purchased (1626) Manhattan from the Native Americans for trade goods costing 60 Dutch guilders and made New Amsterdam (later New York City) its center. Dismissed by the company in 1631, he later entered into negotiations with the Swedes and headed (1638) the group sent out to found New Sweden. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Minuit-P.html   (198 words)

Hudson River Section - Staten Island One of the many sites of the former New Netherland to retain its Dutch name (Brooklyn and Harlem are others), Staten Eylandt was named for the Staten Generaal, or States General, the governing body of the Netherlands in the seventeenth century. In 1641, after the new director general, Willem Kieft, decided to levy a tax on local Indians, the Raritan tribe attacked the Staten Island plantation of the Dutch adventurer David de Vries, killing four people. With only five percent of New York City's population and no road access to Manhattan, Staten Island has always been the forgotten borough of the city. www.nnp.org /newvtour/regions/Hudson/staten_island.html   (277 words)

history queens new york maspeth nyc long island Queens, one of the five bouroughs of New York City, the others are Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx and Staten Island. During the Revolutionary War after the death of Franklin, General Warren the local British commander set-up his headquarter in the house. When the judge died, his house was sold to Walter Franklin a wealthy merchant from New York City. www.queensnewyork.com /maspeth/history.html   (546 words)

Timeline Peter Minuit, director-general of New Netherland, purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for $24 Rhode Island was granted a new charter and Providence added to it. The permanent settlement of Massachusetts Bay Colony, began by the settlement of Salem under John Endicott. www.tjhsst.edu /~nstroup/APX/Timeline.htm   (639 words)

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