by Charles Gehring (Editor), Charles Gehring (Translator)

Volume XII of the Dutch Colonial Manuscripts contains the correspondence of Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland, from 1654-1658. It represents the earliest surviving correspondence, comprising incoming letters from the directors in Amsterdam and the governors of neighboring colonies.

Author Biography

Charles T. Gehring is the director of the New York State Library's New Netherland Project. In l994 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands conferred on him the distinction of Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.