Curacao Papers, 1640–1665
The Curaçao records document the West India Company’s activities in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century, supply information about the administration of affairs on Curaçao, and depict the commercial relationship between the islands and New Netherland.
Instructions from the Amsterdam Chamber of the West India Company, to the Hon’ble J. Petersen Tolck, director on the island of Curaçao, and his council, together with the secret instructions by which they are to regulate themselves. [1640]
For more on the arrangement and publication of the Dutch Colonial Manuscripts, see the compilation of the introductions to the New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch / New Netherland Documents Series.
For details, continue reading on the website page of the New Netherland Institute
Picture from the New York State Archives
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