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Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Adam Brouwer, from Ceulen, a soldier (sailed anno 1641 in the ship Swol to Brazil for the chamber of Amsterdam), who appoints and empowers, as he does hereby, Geurt Servasz, at Amsterdam, [ residing ] in Papenbrigh alley, in “The Whalebone,” to demand and collect in his name from the honorable directors of the General Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, all such sums of money as are still due to him, Adam Brouwer, by their honors [ and were ] earned in Brazil, where he received no settlement, having been ordered to proceed to Marinhan. On payment of said moneys by the honorable directors, the aforesaid Geurt Servaesz may [ in token ] of the receipt execute a discharge, which shall be valid, the principal promising to hold valid whatever shall be done in the matter aforesaid by the attorney. The original hereof in the record is signed by Adam Brouwer and the witnesses hereto invited, the 21st of February 1645, in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland.

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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.