Translation
Power of attorney from Luycas Hendricksen, drummer, to Jan Jansen to receive from the West India Company the pay earned by him in New Netherland
Series:
Scanned Document:
Luycas Hendricksz, from Westcoutrey,[1] drummer, who sailed out in the ship De Leuwin, empowers Jan Jansen, cheesemonger, to ask and receive at Amsterdam from the honorable directors the sum of three hundred and two guilders, three stivers and four pennies, due by them to him and earned in New Netherland. This 23d of September 1648.
Luycas
Hendricksz
H.
van Dyck
Adriaen van
Tienhoven
Cor. van
Tienhoven
Notes
Probably intended
for Courtray, or Kortryk, in West Flanders.
References
Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 3, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1648-1660 (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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