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Inventory of the goods confiscated in the ship Jonge Prins van Denemarcken
Inventory of the goods confiscated under benefit of inventory by the director general' and council with the ship De Jonge Prins van Deenmarcken, whereof Tienman Willekens is master and merchant, as the same was taken on the 23d of March 1649, at the requisition of the fiscal, in the presence of [ ] [1]
A piece of buckskin from the chest of Tielman Willekens, which was sealed and handed to the fiscal, containing a small quantity of gold, weighing 3¼ loot [2]
From the warehouse of Augustyn Hermans
341 Elephant's tusks, in three lots, weighing, to wit:
81 large | lbs 3193 |
116 middling | 1988 |
147 small | 863 |
lbs 6044 |
No.1 | One pipe of Barbadoes sugar, weighing with the cask, gross | lbs 887 |
2 | One ditto | 1026 |
3 | One ditto | 904 |
4 | One firkin | 534 |
5 | One half-cask | 655 |
6 | 1 ditto | 465 |
7 | 1 ditto | 720 |
8 | 1 ditto | 610 |
9 | 1 ditto | 565 |
10 | 1 ditto | 639 |
11 | 1 ditto | 595 |
12 | 1 ditto | 665 |
13 | 1 ditto | 585 |
14 | 1 ditto | 400 |
15 | 1 ditto | 586 |
16 | 1 ditto | 650 |
17 | 1 ditto | 645 |
18 | 1 ditto | 937 |
19 | 1 ditto | 972 |
20 | 1 ditto | 765 |
20 casks of Barbadoes sugar, weighing with the casks | lbs 13805 | |
Brought forward from the other side; sugar unloaded from the ship | lbs 13805 | |
21 | One half-cask, eighing with the cask | 631 |
22 | 1 ditto | 620 |
23 | 1 ditto | 620 |
24 | 1 ditto | 620 |
25 | 1 ditto | 640 |
26 | 1 ditto | 660 |
27 | 1 ditto | 680 |
28 | 1 ditto | 500 |
29 | 1 ditto | 690 |
30 | 1 ditto | 645 |
31 | 1 ditto | 640 |
32 | 1 ditto | 650 |
33 | 1 ditto | 620 |
34 | 1 ditto | 670 |
35 | 1 ditto | 670 |
lbs 23361 |
The hull of the ship De Jonge Prins van Deenmarcken (lying high and dry on the beach, so that at usual daily [ flood ]-tide one can walk around it without wetting the feet). is on the outside badly worm-eaten and sheathed with plank up to the gunwale
The mainmast and mainyard unfit for use
The mizzenmast and yard are good
The
foremast and foreyard are no good
The bowsprit and spritsail yard, quite
good
The topmasts and yards, good
The rigging more than half worn; a pair of
shrouds broke by their own weight
The maintopmast rigging, mostly new
The
foremast rigging, ditto
The foretopmast rigging is old
The maintopmast is
old
The forestay, not particularly good
1 old hawser
Foresail rope,
almost new
Bowline, old
The running gear, almost new
Two good blocks in
the rigging
Two ditto, not much good
One sheet-anchor mostly half
worn
One kedge-anchor rope, half worn
1 old tie-rope, very short and
old
1 old cable with very old ends
2 anchors which are good and heavy
1
heavy ditto with a stock
1 old boat with four oars
1 set of sails, with a
spare foresail, half worn out
2 buoy ropes
The ship 's hull is in such a condition that it must be caulked anew and repaired inside and all around, from top to bottom.
Gunner's stores
15 | iron cannon lying on the beach, to wit: | ||
10 | pieces of 4 | with their carriages | |
3 | pieces of 3 | ||
2 | pieces of 2 | ||
150 | iron cannon balls | ||
3 | kegs of powder, weighing 309 lbs gross | ||
7 | ladles | ||
7 or 8 | swabs, unfit for use | ||
9 | muskets | ||
5 | pistols at Augustyn Heermans' | ||
12 | cutlasses, of no value |
Cook's and steward's utensils
2 | large kettels, not worth much | |
1 | pan | |
1 | pork fork | |
2 | copper dishing ladles | |
2 | pewter dinner plates | For the cabin |
1 | ditto platter | |
1 | ditto bowl | |
1 | mustard pot | |
1 | salt cellar | |
1 | earthen wine pitcher |
22 water casks, on the beach
compasses
The ship, standing and running rigging, sails, ammunition, gunner's, cook's and steward's utensils are found to be as stated above, in the presence of the cook and steward, gunner and chief boatswain, and of Abraham Planc and Fredrick Lubbersz, impartial freemen, before Mr. Lubbert van Dincklagen, Paulus Leendersz and Adriaen Keyser, on the requisition of the fiscal, the 25th of March 1649, In New Netherland.