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Inventory of what was found in the chest of Jan Dircksen who died on the ship 't Hoff van Cleeff

[ f1.2 ]5	A black cloth suit with a satin galloon, about new. Without buttons to the coat
[ 10 ]	A pack of colored bombazine clothes.
[ 4 ]	A white bombazine shirt
[ 4 ]	Two old black hats
6	Two pairs of new shoes
	One pair of old white stockings
	One old fur cap
1	Two awls
	Some leather thongs
	One knife
	Two old cambric neck bands
4	One half bed sheet
6	Three old shirts
[ fl.60 ]

Thus done and found by us, the undersigned, on the island

of Manh[ atans ] in New Netherland, at the house of Claes van

Elslant, court messenger, this 29^th of June A° 1651.

Andreas Johannis Christmans Vincent Piques To my knowledge, Jacob Kip, Clerk

All the aforesaid goods were by us jointly appraised at

sixty guilders, as above written, we having been appointed thereto

by the honorable council of New Netherland, on condition of paying

the same by draft to the heirs of the deceased in the fatherland.

Actum, Manhatans in New Netherland, this [10^th]1 of July A° 1651.

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.