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On this day, the 29^th of August of the year 1651, before me, Jacob Kip, appointed clerk here, appeared Gysbert Cornelisen from Wesep, formerly a soldier in the service of the honorable West India Company and at present a freeman residing in the colony of Renselaerswyck, who, in the presence of the below mentioned witnesses, declared that he had anew agreed and contracted with Tryntie Scherenbergh, widow of Handrick Jansen, tailor, deceased, about a certain account earned by him, the appearer, in the service of the honorable West India Company here in New Netherland, amounting to the sum of five hundred guilders, sixteen stivers and 6 pence, which sum he, the appearer, declares that he received from the said Tryntie Scherenbergh before the execution hereof, for which reason he hereby requests the honorable directors of the Chamber of Amsterdam that their honors may be pleased to satisfy and pay the aforesaid amount due to him to the aforesaid Tryntie Scherenbergh or her order, promising to free their honors from all claims which might be made by him or any one in his behalf, other than the aforesaid Tryntie Scherebergh or her order. In witness whereof this is signed by the appearer and the witnesses on the date above written, in New Amsterdam on Manhatans, in New Netherland. Was signed: Gysbert Cornelisen, together with Pieter Dircksen Last and Jacob Jansz Schermerhoorn as witnesses, and Acknowledged before me, Jacob Kip, Clerk . Below was written:I, the undersigned, director general of New Netherland, Curacao, etc., hereby declare that Jacob Kip is our appointed clerk, consequently, that the above has the force of a notarial instrument. In witness whereof signed this 7^th of September 1651, in New Amsterdam, and was signed: P. Stuyvesant.

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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.