Translation
Note of Willem Jonassen in favor of Willem de Key
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I, Willem Jonassen, horseman, from Herfoort,[1] who sailed as a soldier in the year 1639, in the yacht De Griffioen, acknowledge having received from Mr. Willem de Key various goods needed by me, amounting to the sum of one hundred and sixteen Carolus guilders, eighteen stivers, which sum of ƒ116.18 I request the honorable directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, to be pleased to pay to the worthy Willem de Key aforesaid, or his agent, in deduction of the monthly wages due me, which shall their honors as good payment. In witness of the truth, I have signed this with my usual mark. Done in Fort Amsterdam on the island of Curaçao, this 29th of September 1646.
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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