Represent the oldest surviving archival papers of the Dutch community that eventually became Albany.
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.
Charles T. Gehring is the director of the New York State Library's New Netherland Project.
