Some of the artifacts recovered at Martin's Hundred were Dutch in origin-Barrett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Apple" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Dutch trade in early Virginia > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:28:58 +0000, Emily Rose wrote >> I have recently read in a scholarly work that Dale and Gates were >> paid by the Dutch to promote trade in Virginia (no citation). It >> also said that the colonists were afraid that the Dutch were >> inciting the Indians. While it is well known that they were paid, I >> have not seen the commercial justification. Any references? > > I've heard of Dale and Gates being on leave to Virginia while in the > employ of > the Dutch, but my understanding is that their relationship with the Dutch > was > a military one rather than commercial. It would seem odd that they'd > promote > Dutch trade while the Colony was still under Virginia Company control. > > There is some discussion of early Dutch trade in Phillip A. Bruce's > "Economic > History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: An Inquiry into the > Material > Condition of the People, Based on Original and Contemporaneous Records." > > Chapter 15: http://www.dinsdoc.com/bruce-1-15.htm > > Start on page 292 for some discussion (with footnotes) on Dutch trade. > > The index for the document is: http://www.dinsdoc.com/bruce-1-0a.htm > > The Classics of American Colonial History website has some interesting > articles and publications online. > http://www.dinsdoc.com/colonial-3.htm > > Regards, > > Tom A. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html