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English: English translation of the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions, a document that gave powers to the directors of the Dutch West India Company, allowing them to set up patroonships in North America. The only successful patroonship was that of Kiliaen van Rensselaer: Rensselaerswyck.
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Date June 7, 1629
Translation dates to 1908
Source Van Laer, A. J. F. (translator and editor) (1908) Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, Albany: University of the State of New York
Author Dutch West India Company
Translated by Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer

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