Translation
ACCOUNT (debit-credit) of Dirck Jansen, skipper of De Nieuw Nederlantse Indiaen
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Praise God in the year of our Lord 1660, Curaçao, Fort Amsterdam. Dirck Jansen, skipper on the ship De N. Nederlandtsche Indiaen, debit:
28 August | 2 skipples of groats at 12 rl.[i] | f 7, 4 |
the balance of his account comes to | f 1456, 11 | |
f 1463, 15 |
Credit
August | 724 pine planks at 4 rl. per plank | f 878, 16 | |
1245 lbs. of English hardbread at 13 gl. per 100 wt | 161,— | ||
2 barrels of bacon at 40 gl. per barrel | 80,— | ||
1 barrel of meat at 30 gl. | 30,— | ||
75 skipples of peas at 8 rl. per skipple | 180,— | ||
30 ditto private of the skipper at 8 rl. per skipple | f 72,— | ||
2 barrels of meal of the same, net 418 lb at 3 st per lb | f 61, 19 | ||
f 133, 19 | 133,19 |
Anno 1660
Dirck Jansen, skipper on the afore-mentioned ship, debit:
31 August | To 10 Negroes for the account of its owners[ii] which the skipper has contracted to bring to the lord director general and council at 130 pieces of eight | f 3120,— |
Credit
By close of the afore-mentioned account | f 1456, 11 |
By the freight of 10 New Netherland Indians which arrived here aboard the afore-mentioned, which also are to be brought to the lord director general and council in New Netherland, as ordered by the lord director Mathias Beck at 30 | f 300,— |
By the freight of 6 Curaçao Indians at 24 Holland money | f 144,— |
By balance of this from the Company | f 919, 9 |
By the freight of 10 Negroes brought from there for the Company | f 300,— |
f 3120,— |
Notes
rl. = Spanish real. 8 reals = 1 piece of eight = 3.4 Dutch florins or 1 real = 6
stivers.
i.e. reders, the partners or owners of a ship.