Translation
Bill of sale of a horse from Cornelis van Tienhoven to Jeuriaen Hendricksen
Jeuriaen [ Hendricksen ][ from Osenbruch ] acknowledges [ in the presence ] of Huych Aer[tsen from Rossum[1]79 and Claes van Elslant] that he has purchased from Cornelis van Tienhoven [ a stallion ] in his second year, [ which said stallion ] shall be fitted out by van Tienhoven [ at his ] expense and be at [ said ] van Tienhoven’s risk, and must be delivered [ by ] the vendor on the first of May 1643, when Jeuriaen shall also be obliged to receive it; for which horse the purchaser is to pay the sum of two hundred Carolus guilders on delivery, to wit, on the first of May aforesaid, with the express stipulation that the purchaser shall give the vendor an order on the honorable director, with which parties are satisfied. Done the 6th of December anno 1642 in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.
References
Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 2, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1647 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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