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Bond of Abraham Planck for the payment of money due to the West India Company
I, the undersigned, Abraha[ m Planck ], hereby acknowledge that I am well and truly indebted to the honorable directors of the West India Company in the sum of one thousand and thirty-two guilders, thirteen stivers and ten pennies, which money I promise to tender and pay free of costs and charges and that with interest at eight per cent per annum, redeemable interest;[2] and for additional security Jan Damen and Cornelis van Tienh[ oven ] offer themselves as sureties and co-principals for the [ payment of the ] above mentioned sum, on condition that as long as Abraham Planck pays the interest punctually, the principal and sureties shall not be troubled or applied to for the capital. For all of which the principal and the sureties bind their persons and properties, movable and immovable, present and future, without any exception, submitting to all courts, tribunals and judges. Done the 27th of April anno 1643, in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.