Translation
Receipt of Laurens Cornelissen for the first payment on the house sold to Frederick Lubbertsen
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I, the undersigned, Laurens [ Cornelissen ], do hereby [ acknowledge ] for myself, [ my heirs ] and successors that I have received from Fredrick Lub[ bertsen ] the sum of one thousand guilders, in part payment for the purchase of the house which the said Fredrick bought from me, standing in the Smits Valey, wherefore I do hereby release him from [ all ] future demands for the sum aforesaid, it being the first payment. Done the 30th of May 1643, in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.
Louris Cornelis