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Document granting trading privileges to Tomas Wandel

Author Peter Stuyvesant Dutch
Sitter Refers to Tomas Wandel Dutch
October 4, 1660
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In this document from October 4, 1660, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam grants trading privileges to Tomas Wandel (d. 1688-89). Wandel's yacht De Morgenstarren (Morning Star) was given permission to trade with other settlements in the colony and with Dutch allies as far south as Florida. Seventeenth-century records indicate that Wandel lived in Maspeth, Long Island. The director-general's elaborate seal, at lower center, was created by pressing melted wax between decoratively cut sheets of paper. A beaver, the symbol of New Amsterdam, is at the center.

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Object Information
  • Title: Document granting trading privileges to Tomas Wandel
  • Author: Peter Stuyvesant (Dutch, ca. 1612–1672)
  • Sitter: Refers to Tomas Wandel (Dutch, active New Amsterdam, died 1689 Maspeth Kills)
  • Date: October 4, 1660
  • Medium: Ink on paper
  • Dimensions: sheet: 12 11/16 x 16 13/16 in. (32.3 x 42.7 cm)
  • Classification: Miscellaneous
  • Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.90.1312
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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