Translation
Power of attorney from Huygen Broers to collect wages from the West India Company
Appeared before [ ] [1] of New Netherland, Huyge Broers from Doccum, cook’s mate on the ship De Princes, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses appoints and empowers, as he does hereby, [ [2], in the name of the principal to demand, collect and receive from the honorable directors of the General Chartered West India Company the sum of seventy-one guilders, eight stivers, earned by the principal . . . [3]
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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