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This day, date underwritten, at the office of the secretary of New Netherland and in his absence before his clerk, appeared the worthy Adriaen Vincent from Aecker, late cadet in the honorable Company's service here and now a free man, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses appoints and empowers, as he does hereby [ appoint and empower ], Margarit Troezee, residing at Amsterdam, or, in her absence, the worthy Mr. Arnoldus van Hardenbergh, to demand, recover, collect and receive in his, the principal's, name from the honorable directors of the Chartered West India Company at the chamber of Amsterdam the sum of four hundred and six guilders, four stivers, eight pennies, earned by him, the principal, from their honors in New Netherland, as appears by the enclosed account, the original of which was lost in DePrinces. On receipt of the said sum from their honors by either of the above named attorneys, or their substitutes, he shall have power to grant a discharge therefor, which shall be valid, he, the principal, promising to hold and cause to be held valid whatever shall be done or transacted in the matter aforesaid by his above named attorneys or their substitutes. Thus done and the original hereof in the record signed by Adriaen Vincent and [      ], as witnesses hereto invited, this 14^th of August 1649, in New Amsterdam, 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.