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Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Jan Nagel from Limburgh,^[1] late cadet and now a freeman, who appoints and empowers, as he does hereby, Mr. Augustyn Herman, merchant here, to ask, demand and receive in the principal’s name from the honorable directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, the sum of two hundred and twenty-two guilders, three stivers and two pennies due him, the principal, by their honors as per balance and settlement of the account annexed and earned in New Netherland. On receipt of the aforesaid sum of money by the above named Mr. Augustyn Herman, or his substitute, he is empowered to execute an acquittance therefor, he, Jan Nagel, promising to hold and cause to be held as valid whatever shall be done and transacted herein by the above named Mr. Augustyn or his substitute. Done and signed by Jan Nagel in the presence of Jacob Kip and [      ], witnesses invited hereto, the 2nd of August anno 1647, 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.