Fort Orange Records: 1656-1678

The records in this volume represent the oldest surviving archival papers of the Dutch community that eventually became Albany. Although the Dutch first visited this area in 1609, records were first maintained in 1652 by the officials of the village of Rensseleraerswijk, which surrounded the West India Company post of Fort Orange.

Author: Charles Gehring
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 02/01/2000
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.36w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780815628217

About the Author
Charles T. Gehring is the director of the New York State Library's New Netherland Project.