(02.01 MC)The question below refers to the following excerpt…
(02.01 MC)The question below refers to the following excerpt.Instructions from Kiliaen van Rensselaer for Bastiaen Janz Krol…First, Krol shall try to buy the lands hereafter named for the said Rensselaer, from the Mahijcans, Maquaas or such other nations as have any claim to them, giving them no occasion for discontent, but treating them with all courtesy and discretion…He shall also…write to me all the particulars thereof, to wit…how much flat and arable land there is along the river…, stating what kinds of wood, soil, stone, minerals and the like there are…Having bought the islands, that he convene not only the respective chiefs but all the people, in order to make the payment in the presence of them all, and that he takes then the chief of each nation to the island of the Manhates [Manhattan] to confirm the purchase before the director and council, and that he have the same recorded among the resolutions and send me a copy.Source: Kiliaen van Rensselaer, merchant & director of the Dutch West Indies Company, Instructions to Bastiaen Jansz Krol, January 12, 1630Rensselaer’s requirement that Krol must bring Native American leaders to Manhattan “to confirm the purchase before the director and council” most directly reflects
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