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Articles about the transfer of New Netherland on the 27th of August, Old Style, Anno 1664. The Articles of Capitulation on the Reduction of New Netherland was a document of surrender signed on September 29, 1664 handing control of the Dutch Republic's colonial province New Netherland to the Kingdom of England.
A group of prominent merchants then met at Stuyvesant Farm with Nicholls' officers to draft Articles of Capitulation. [8] The Dutch colonists were guaranteed in the possession of their property rights, their laws of inheritance, and the enjoyment of religious freedom. Article 2 specified that all "publick houses" would remain open. [6]
[79] The Articles of Capitulation (outlining the terms of transfer to the English) in 1664 [68] provided for the right to worship as one wished, and were incorporated into subsequent city, state, and national constitutions in the United States, and are the legal and cultural code that lies at the root of the New York Tri-State traditions. [80]
The capitulation of Peter Stuyvesant in New Amsterdam (by Charles Hemstreet) Surrendering British troops held at gunpoint by Japanese infantry in the Battle of Singapore. Capitulation ( Latin : capitulum , a little head or division; capitulare , to treat upon terms) is an agreement in time of war for the surrender to a hostile armed force of a ...
On 6 September 1664, the Dutch capitulated, and Colonel Richard Nicolls was appointed as the new governor of the territory of New Netherlands, which was renamed New York, after its new proprietor, the Duke of York. Upon surrendering, the Dutch negotiated the so-called “Articles of Capitulation”, which stated the conditions of the surrender.
On 6 September 1664, Stuyvesant sent Johannes de Decker, a lawyer for the West India Company, and five others to sign the Articles of Capitulation. [38] Nicolls was declared governor, and the city was renamed New York. Stuyvesant obtained civil rights and freedom of religion in the Articles of Capitulation. [39]
Johannes De Decker (c. 1626 - Unknown) was a Dutch lawyer and colonial official. He was one of the six signers of the articles of capitulation of New Amsterdam to the English on September 6, 1664. [1]
Panet was active in the legal community of Quebec during the Seven Years' War and evidently was a key figure in the days after the plains of Abraham and the articles of capitulation. Panet was married and had 14 children, a number of whom were to make significant contributions of their own to Canada. Bernard-Claude Panet became archbishop of ...