occupation
Date:
1690
Description:
When Schenectady was historically attacked and ruined by Canadians allied with Mowhawk, Sault, and Algonquin warriors, Ten Broeck was acting as an envoy to the Mohawks, Oneidas, and Onondagas to figure out their loyalties. He, as well as the Mayor of Albany, Pieter Schuyler and Kilian Van Rensselaer, Patroon of Rensselaerswyck, would later address an appeal to the council of Massachusetts over Schenectady. Around this time he was also in the militia as a Major under Colonel Pieter Schuyler. He served as an Indian Commissioner for thirty years. He would later become one of the four founders of the Commissioners for Indian Affairs, which supervised the fur trade and commerce with the Iroquois. It was dissolved after two years, when the governor handed over the responsibility to the local government.
Location:
Albany, New York, USASources:
- A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times - By Prof. Jonathan Pearson
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