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This day, date underwritten, at the office of the secretary of New Netherland in his absence before Jacob Kip, his clerk, appeared the worthy Claes Jansz d'Kock from Amsterdam, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses appoints and empowers, as he does hereby, Michiel Paulisz, a resident here, to ask, demand, collect and receive in his, the principal's, name from the honorable director and council here, or whoever shall distribute the shares, in case the prize called the Tabasgee, which he helped to bring in here, be declared a good prize, such share as may be found coming to him. On receipt thereof he shall have power to execute a formal discharge therefor, which shall be valid; he, Claes Jansz aforesaid, holding valid whatever shall be done and performed in the matter aforesaid by his above named attorney, or his substitute. Thus done and signed together with the subscribing witnesses, this 17^th of August 1649, in New Amsterdam.

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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.