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MEMORANDUM of necessities for Curaçao

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Memorandum of that which is needed from Nieuw Neederlandt for the island of Curaçao, and is to be expected from there aboard the Company’s yacht De Musch coming to this place:

Rye, wheat and peas.

Beams for the batteries.

Platform planks of 2½, 3 and 3½ inches thick.

Clapboards suitable for large and small barrels.

Six oxcarts or rough hewn lumber from which they can be made here.

Wooden hoops.

If more can be loaded aboard the ship, send whatever was requested in the memorandum of 28 April with the aforesaid ship De Musch [1] .

Curaçao in Fort Amsterdam,
the 15th of November 1664.

M. Beck

Notes

See 17:83 which is dated 26 April.

References

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.