“Smackdown on the Hudson”: The Patroon, the West India Company, and the Founding of Albany
The Patroon, the West India Company, and the Founding of Albany
Readings and Worksheet
These historic (primary source) and modern (secondary source) documents have been shortened and simplified for classroom use. The historic documents were originally written in Dutch.
Click on title to download each document as a PDF.
Modern Document: Excerpt from Firth Haring Fabend's New Netherland in a Nutshell
Historic Document: Accounts of the conflict between Petrus Stuyvesant and Brant van Slichtenhorst, 1648-1652.
Historic Document: The West India Company's "Proposed Freedoms and Exemptions for New Netherland," 1640
Worksheet: Letter to the editor of the Rensselaerwijck Times
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