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This day, the twelfth of June of the year 1651, before me, Jacob Kip, appointed clerk here, appeared Mateuwis Jansen, of the first part, and Jan Peecket, of the second part, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses declared that they had amicably and in a friendly manner mutually agreed and contracted respecting the purchase of a certain yacht named De Wakende Boey with her appurtenances, on the conditions hereinafter written, to wit:

Matewis Jansen sells to Jan Pecket, who also acknowledges that he has purchased, the above named yacht with her appurtenances, according to the inventory thereof, as she lies here in the roadstead in front of Fort Amsterdam, for the sum of one hundred good merchantable beavers, payable within seven weeks from the date hereof, without any exception or contradiction. The delivery of the aforesaid yacht shall take place tomorrow, the 13^th of June, when the purchaser shall assume the charge and risk of said vessel. Parties declare that they will firmly maintain, observe and fulfil this their agreement and purchase, binding their persons and properties without any exception, the purchaser for the payment aforesaid and the vendor for the free delivery, under [ submission to all courts ] as by law provided. In testimony whereof this is signed by parties and the witnesses, this 12^th of June A° 1651, Manhatans 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.