Arent van Curler & the Flatts
History, Archaeology & Art Illuminate a Life on the Hudson
Documents in Translation
Letter from Kiliaen van Rensselaer to Arent van Curler, March 16, 1643
Extract from the register of resolutions kept by the directors of the Chartered West India Company, Chamber of Amsterdam, November 19, 1629
Appointment of Arent van Curler as Secretary and Bookeeper of Rensselaerswijck, May 12, 1639
Letter from Arent van Curler to Kiliaen van Rensselaer, June 16, 1643
Grant to Arent van Curler to support builders and workers at the Flatts, November 15, 1649
Appointment of Van Curler to mission to the Mohawks, September 23, 1650
Appointment of Van Curler as Commissioner, January 5, 1651
Memorandum of Farms, June 16, 1651
Inventory of Animals, 1651
Record of a Meeting at Fort Orange between Mohawk sachems and several burghers, including Arent van Curler, November 19, 1655
Propositions Made to the Mohawks by delegation including Jeremias van Rensselaer and Arent van Curler, September 24, 1659
Purchase of Beverwijck property by Arent van Curler, March 1, 1661
First Recording of Sale for Estate of Rutger Jacobsen, December 9, 1665
Second Recording of Sale for Estate of Rutger Jacobsen, December 9, 1665
Letter from Jeremias van Rensselaer to Oloff Stevensz van Cortland on sale of the Flatts, November 9, 1673
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