Translation
Bond of Claes van Elslant for any claim the West India Company may have on goods shipped in the Gelderse Blom
Before me, Jacob Kip, clerk appointed here, appeared Claes van Elslant, inhabitant and court messenger here, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses declared that he constituted himself surety as principal for any duties due by Anderias Johannes Kristman for Elisabet Dircksen on three cases, marked ED, consigned by Elisabet Dircksen to Joost Gerritsen in the ship De Gelderse Blom, and for the claim which the honorable fiscal in the name of the West India Company have on said goods, binding his person and property as security therefor, without any exception, subject to all courts, tribunals and judges. Thus done and executed in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, this 31st of July A°. 1651, in New Amsterdam.
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.
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