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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 25^th of March 1649, In New Netherland.

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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.