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Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Mr. Jonatan Brewst, residing at New Plymouth in New England, who acknowledges that he is well and truly indebted to Mr. Willem Turck, merchant, at present residing here in New Netherland, in fifty-one whole and one half good, merchantable, winter beavers, arising from the purchase and delivery of one hundred and three ells of duffel cloth, the receipt of which from the hands of the aforesaid Mr. Willem Turck before the execution hereof the said Mr. Brewst acknowledges. The aforesaid Mr. Brewst promises to pay and to deliver the said fifty-one whole and one half beaver skins here on the island of Manhatans, free of costs and charges, without contradiction or exceptions, on the first of November next and as security for the payment of the aforesaid beaver skins the said Jonatan Brewst binds his person and property, movable and immovable, present and future, submitting the same to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In testimony whereof this is signed in the record by the aforesaid Mr. Brewst, the 29th of July anno 1647, 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.