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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03699 |
| From Archive Folder | Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Exploration and Settlement |
| Title | Commission of Captain Frederick de Coninck and Captain Lieutenant Brian Nuton for operations in Westchester. Written in Dutch |
| Date | 6 March 1656 |
| Author | Stuyvesant, Peter (1592-1672) |
| Additional authors | Sillè, Nicasius de (fl. 1653-1674) La Montagne, Jan (1632-1672) Van Tienhoven, Cornelis Luycasz (ca. 1611-1656) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Co-signed by Nicasius de Sille, First Counsellor of New Netherland Jan La Montagne, and Secretary of New Netherland Cornelis Van Tienhoven. Details a secret mission to the English town of Westchester to seize criminals, banish the other inhabitants, and burn the town, except for such dwellings that can be used to house troops and those who will care for livestock. Beginning of document is missing. Second page is a draft of page one and is struck. Written from New Amsterdam. |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Military History Boundary or Property Dispute Prisoner Refugees Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Stuyvesant, Peter (1592-1672) Sillè, Nicasius de (fl. 1653-1674) La Montagne, Jan,1632-1672) Van Tienhoven, Cornelis Luycasz (ca. 1611-1656) Nuton, Brian (fl. 1656) Coninck, Frederic de (fl. 1656) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Stuyvesant was a Dutch colonial administrator and the last Dutch governor (1646–1664) of New Netherland. La Montagne was one of the leaders of the settlement of Haarlem, on the Island of Manhattan. He was a voorleser (a foresinger, who led the singing and read the Bible in church) and school-master. De Sillè wrote poetry. Van Tienhoven arrived in New Amsterdam in 1633 as a West India Company accountant. In 1651 he was promoted to receiver general of the Company's revenues and domains and in the following year Stuyvesant made him Schout-Fiscaal (sheriff and attorney general) of New Amsterdam. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |