Records concerning the early settlements on the Delaware River
Culture:
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Language: English
Date: 1630-1682
Contributor: Conyngham, Redmond, 1781-1846
Subject: Pennsylvania--History | New Jersey--History
Type: Text
Genre: Government documents
Extent: 66 p.
Description: The volume contains records relating to the history of Dutch settlers in the territories that the English acquired. It may contain references to Lenape people in the Delaware River area, though specific references have not yet been identified. These are copies of documents that are held at the Pennsylvania State Archives. Many were originally in Dutch but were translated to English in this volume. The documents contain records from as early as 1638 and continue through Edmund Andros' term as governor of New England and ends in 1700. The documents include many official government proclamations and legal documents relating to Dutch property and their rights within English colonies.
Collection: Records concerning the early settlements on the Delaware River Mss.974.8.P37