P. Schagen, Letter on the Purchase of Manhattan
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Title
P. Schagen, Letter on the Purchase of Manhattan
Subject
New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Dutch Americans
Economic history--1600-1750
Description
Letter from November 5, 1626 from Pieter Schagen to the States-General, Dutch West India Company Administrator, which mentions the purchase of the Island of Manhattan. The island was said to be traded with the Native Americans for goods equivalent to 60 Dutch guilders or $24.
Creator
P. Schagen
Source
Atlantic World, Nationaal Archief, Library of Congress
Date
1626-11-05
Contributor
Tracy McFarlan and Kaitlyn Tanis
Rights
Public Domain
Format
JPG
Language
Dutch
Coverage
New Netherland (1609 - 1664)
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Citation
P. Schagen. Letter on the Purchase of Manhattan, 1626. Letter. From Library of Congress. http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/en/geheugen/view?coll=ngvn&identifier=KONB04%3ASCHAGEN-BRIEF-NA. (accessed November 2016).
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Citation
P. Schagen, “P. Schagen, Letter on the Purchase of Manhattan,” Creating Digital History @ NYU, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/fall2016/items/show/6.
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