PROCLAMATION issued by Matthias Beck authorizing the capture of Lourens Prins, captain of an English frigate, who ordered the plundering of Bonaire

Proclamation of vice-director Beck, setting forth that one Laurens Prins, a native of Amsterdam, commanding an English frigate commissioned by the governor of Jamaica, had made a descent on and laid waste the island of Bonaire on the 11th instant, and authorizing the capture of said Prins and his ship.
Identifier
NYSA_A1883-78_V17_102
Date Original
February 14 1665
Contributor
Beck, Matthias
Source
New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. Curaçao records, 1640-1665. Series A1883-78. Volume 17, document 102, page 1, side 1.
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Special Project
Mutual Cultural Heritage Project

Geographic Locations

England
Bonaire
CuraƧao