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ACCOUNT (debit-credit) of Captain John Allen
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Mons. Capt. John Allen
Debit Anno 1661
25 Feb. | To Jacob Abondano for 10 pieces of rough Osnabruck linen, 938 ells at 6 st. per ell | f 281:80,— |
To Curaçao horses, 20 head at 60 guilders a head | f 1200:— | |
To tanned leather, 46 pieces at 3 rl. a piece | f 41:80,— | |
To Negroes, 5 head at 150 pieces of eight per head | f 1800:— | |
To cash with which to pay his men, 200 pieces of eight | f 480:— | |
Total | f 3802:16,— |
Credit
Anno 1661
25 February as follows:
308 boards at 24 st. a piece | f 369:12,— | |
175 skipples of peas at 48 st | f 420:—,— | |
7 barrels of meal at 15 P per barrel | f 252:—,— | |
Salted meat, excellent | 7 barrels | |
Bacon, 3 barrels | 3 | |
10 barrels at 20 P per barrel | f 480:—,— | |
17 barrels of mackerel at 10 P per barrel | f 408:—,— | |
3582 lbs. of codfish at 2½ st. per lb. | f 447:15,— | |
850 lbs. ditto, better at 3 st. per lb. | f 127:10,— | |
508 lbs. ditto, poorer at 2½ st. per lb | f 63:10,— | |
1550 lbs. English cakes at 8 P per 100 wt. | f 297:12,— | |
2 casks of tar at 5 P per cask | f 24:—,— | |
f 2889:19,— | ||
By balance of this the aforesaid John Allen is obligated by bond to pay to the honorable lord Petrus Stuyvesant, director-general | f 912:17,— | |
Total | f 3802:16,— |