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This is an edict from October 10, 1658 on the conversion rate between wampum, beaver, Dutch silver, and household commodities like beer, wine, and bread.

The Flushing Remonstrance, signed on December 27, 1657, was a petition by a group of English citizens who were affronted by persecution of Quakers and the religious policies of Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherland.

This is a drawing of New York City Hall.

The articles of capitulation surrendered New Netherland to English rule. The agreement contained provisions that maintained certain rights for the settlers, such as freedom of religion and property rights. These articles helped ensure that key…

Wood nutmeg grater carved with male figure, basket of tulips and scrolled foliated designs; pierced iron grater inset on opposite side. This item from New Netherland illustrates that the settlement traded for spices not native to the area.

Believed to be a portrait of Adriaen van der Donck, a political leader in New Netherland. The provenance of this image has been questioned but there are no other existing portraits of van der Donck.

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…

Map of New Amsterdam based on an original that has since been lost, which was created in 1660 by Jacques Cortelyou who served as Surveyor General of the early Dutch colony.

This is a photograph of New York Harbor today.

This print of New Amsterdam was developed from an original watercolor drawing circa 1670. This image was printed in I. N. Phelps Stokes' book "The Iconography of Manhattan Island" in 1915.