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The honorable Captain Augustijn Beaulieu is to receive that which follows below:

1656, 28 October. For the following peddler’s wares received from Josua and Mardochay Henricus for the account of the same:

7 pairs of Venetian pendants
4 dozen small French scissors
1 dozen large ditto
110 men’s and women’s thimbles
28 bunches of Venetian pearls
19 dozen knives
20 dozen and 11 Jew’s harps
3500 sewing needles
19-1/3 dozen copper bells

Remainder of the aforesaid peddler’s wares received for the account of the aforesaid Beaulieu as of the 23rd of April 1659:

2 pair of Venetian pendants
29 copper thimbles
26 bunches of Venetian pearls
17 knives
8 dozen Jew’s harps
1600 sewing needles

Those peddler’s wares sold since receipt until the 23rd of April 1659:

Sold 5 pair at 3 gl. a piece	f 15,—,—
Sold 4 dozen at 24 st. a piece	f 57,12,—
Sold 1 dozen large ditto at 30 st	f 18,—,—
Sold 81 items at 4½ st. a piece	f 18, 4, 8
Sold 2 bunches at 15 gl. a bunch	f 30,—,—
Sold 211 knives at 6 st. a piece	f 63, 6,—
Sold 12 dozen an 11 at 8 st. a dozen	f 31,—,—
Sold 1900 at 12 gl. a dozen	f 22,16,—
Sold 19-1/3 dozen at 8 st. a dozen	f 46, 8,—
Total	f 302 6, 8[1]

The Honorable Captain Augustijn Beaulieu

Debit

1655, 30 December. As by memorandum:

56	pieces of canvas at 20 st. an ell	f 56,—
42	pieces of linen at 36 st. an ell	f 75,12,
		f 131,12

For materials:

80	single medium nails	f 4:—,—
100	double ditto	f :12,—
34	long planks at 34 st. a piece	f 51:—,—
15	short ditto at 20 st. a piece	f 15:—,—
150	hoops at 3 st. a piece	f 22:10,—
2	thick planks for gun platforms	f 20:—,—
1	beam	f 10:—,—
4	clapboards	f 1:12,—
1	long hawser, 150 lb. at 6 st. a lb.	f 45:—,—
30	cans of tar	f 3:—,—
1	anchor fished out at Bonayra, 600 lb. at 3 st. a lb.	f 90:—,—
		f 262:14,—
For [ a sum ] to Nicolaes Blanche as per bond enjoyed by Jaques Alin		f 120:—,—
1659, 23 April. The balance on this account is		f 343:—,8
Total		f 857:6,8

M. Beck

Credit

1655, 30 December. By a large loop, fully equipped, together with anchor and rope which he left here on the shore			f 300:—,—
1656, 4 March. By the following goats received at the Company's corral by Josua and Mardochay Henricus for his account:
	95 head, large, at 8 rl. a head	f 228
	18 head, small, at 30 st. a head	f 27
		f 255	f 255:
1659, 23 April. By what is specified according to the accompanying account of peddlers' wares sold			f 302:6,8
Total			f 857:6,8

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Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., Curaçao Papers, 1640-1665 (New Netherland Research Center and the New Netherland Institute: 2011).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.