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I, the undersigned, Dirck Clasen Boot, from Munnekedam, hereby acknowledge for myself, my heirs and successors, that I am well and truly indebted to Sander Leendersen, residing in the colony of Renselaerswyck, in the sum of one hundred and thirteen guilders, for board, which sum above mentioned I, Dirck Clasen, promise to pay to the above mentioned Sander Leendersen, or his order, within one year from date; but if he, [ Dirck Clasen ], should not return within one year from his voyage to the West Indies with the frigate La Garce, he shall have another year’s time, and if it happen that I, Dirck Clasen, should return here within the time afore mentioned, I shall then be bound truly to tender and pay the aforesaid sum; and if the said Dirck Clasen should die on his proposed voyage, the most readily available goods and effects which he, Dirck Clasen, shall leave in the fatherland shall be the said Sander Leendersen’s, or his order’s, security. For further security and payment hereof Dirck Clasen binds his person and property, movable and immovable, present and future, without any exception, under submission to all courts. In testimony whereof this is signed by Dirck Clasen and witnesses, the 24th of October anno 1646, in Fort Amsterdam, 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.