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Laus Deo A° 1648, on the island of Curacao

	Jacob Looper of Stockholm, captain lieutenant	Debit
April 7	To Daniel Baeyaert for inventory	fl. 2: -: -
May 9	To Cornelis Claesz for ditto on the book of the Groote Gerrit	12: -: -
Sept 15	To himself, to balance this account	411: -: -
		fl.425: -: -

on the island of Curacao

In Fort Amsterdam

	Contra	Credit
Jan.1	By balance of account A° 1643	fl. 61: 4: -
ditto	By ditto A°. 1644	560:16: -
ditto	By ditto A° 1645	600: -: -
1647	By ditto from 1st of January
Jan.1	By ditto from last of March
1648	By the hon. directors for 8 m. 15 days' wages @ 50 gl. per mo., earned since the first of January last to date, when he was given leave to go in the yacht De Cath to New Netherland

	Captain Lieutenant Loper's boy	Debit
1648, Jan.1	To goods received A° 1644	fl.62: -:12
	To goods received A° 1645	23: -: -
1648, July 20	to 11 ells muslin @ 21 stiv.	fl.11:11: -
April 28	to 4¼ ells cloth @ 36 stiv.	6: 7: 8
Sept. 15	To self, to balance this account	33: 1: 8
		Total f1.51: -: -

In Fort Amsterdam

	Contra	Credit
1647, March 31	By balance of account from 1644 to date fl.205: 4: -
1648, Sept. 15	By the hon. directors for 8½ months' wages @ 6 gl. per month, earned from the 1st of January to date, when the account was closed

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.