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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02542.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of the North Family |
| Title | West India Company deed for Teunis Cornelisse [in Dutch] |
| Date | 23 April 1652 |
| Author | Stuyvesant, Peter (1592-1672) |
| Additional authors | Van Tienhoven, Cornelis Luycasz (ca. 1611-1656) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by New Amsterdam Secretary Cornelis Van Tienhoven. Deed granting property to Teunis Cornelisse. Includes official seal. For English translation, see GLC02542.01.01. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Global History and Civics Immigration and Migration Contract Government and Civics |
| People | Stuyvesant, Peter (1592-1672) Van Tienhoven, Cornelis Luycasz (ca. 1611-1656) Cornelisse, Teunis (fl. 1652) |
| Place written | New Amsterdam, New Netherland |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce |
| 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. 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 |
| Related documents | Translation of West India Company deed for Teunis Cornelisse |