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Inventory of personal property

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Inventory taken at the ] house of [      ] [1] the 4th of September 1643 ]

24 pairs of coarse white linen stockings6 linen breeches, coarse stuff
1 little chest with old rags and linen clotha bolster
1 pillow
1 green blanket1 old black hat
1 ditto English cap
1 ditto cloth night cap
In unstrung wampum, seven guilders, ten stivers
1 package of wampum containing one hundred and eight guilders225 whole beavers; also 5 of Wessel,[2] Oloff[3] 23
47 half-beavers
26 otters

Manuscript destroyed.
Wessel Gerritsen?
Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt.

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.