Translation
Receipt of David Pietersen de Vries for a power of attorney from Jacob Stoffelsen to collect money in Holland in payment of a note
[ I, ][ Dav ]it Pie[ ter ]sen de Vries, acknowledge that I have received from the hands [ of ] Jacob Stoffelsen a power of attorney to collect from Claes Jacobsen of Schagen the sum of six hundred and sixty-six guilders, ten stivers, from which sum, when received by me, I shall deduct for my own account one hundred and seventy-nine guilders, which the aforesaid Jacob Stoffelsen owes me, Davit Pietersen, according to the obligation, so that there will remain for him four hundred and eighty-seven guilders; which four hundred and eighty-seven guilders I, Davit Pietersen, promise to pay to the aforesaid Jacob Stoffelsen, or his order, when Claes Jacobsen shall have paid me [ the amount of ] the power of attorney, free of costs and charges, without any exception. Done the 3rd of October anno 1643, in Fort Amsterdam, in 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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