Manuscript of Malcolm Tallman

This is very interesting manuscript of Douwe Harmensen's land deals and legal troubles in New Netherlands. This document was found at the Historical Society of Rockland County in 1999. I believe it was written in the 1920’s.

The manuscript mentions:

Douwe Harmensen Tallman, Cornelius Barentsen, Johannes Verveelen, Thomas Verdon, Thomas Swartwout, Margaret, widow of David Provoost, Casper Steinmets, Walewyn Van der Veen, Jan Nagel, Tielman Van Vleeck, Governor Carteret, Teunis Douwensen Tallman, Mattys De Mott, Claes Janse van Purmarent, Cornelius Clausen, Claus Jansen (Cooper), Cornelius Clausen (Cooper), Jacob Lerou, Lawrence Ackerman, Allard Anthony, Lord Edmund Androse, Esq., James, Duke of York and Albany, Dirckye Teunissenm, Thomas Fredericksen, Pieter Nys.

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