Translation
Inventory of property found at Breuckelen in New Netherland, the 29th of September anno 1648, which property is left behind by Hans Lodewyc, who has absconded without the knowledge of the honorable director general and council of New Netherland
Inventory of property found at Breuckelen in New Netherland, the 29th of September A°. 1648, which property is left behind by Hans Lodewyc, who has absconded without the knowledge of the honorable director general and council of New Netherland
A small clapboarded house and an uncultivated woodlot
Two horses left with
Jan Eversz, to wit, one stallion and one
mare, being English horses
The neighbors of Hans Lodewyck declare that said Hans Lodewyck has gone away and removed all his goods which he had at Breuckelen to the Manhatans and that he said that he was going to Holland or elsewhere. Done as above, in the presence of Johannes La Montagne.
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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