Translation
Note of Carel van Brugge, commissary at Curaçao, in favor of Willem de Key
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I, the undersigned, Carel van Brugge, provisional commissary on the island of Curaçao, acknowledge that I am indebted to Mr. Willem de Key in the sum of one hundred and twenty Carolus guilders, which sum of ƒ120 I promise to pay to the aforesaid de Key, or his order, when he shall have returned with the ship from New Netherland, or, in case of my departure, he is to apply to the honorable directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, for payment of the above. In witness of the truth I have signed this with my own hand. Done at Curaçao, in Fort Amsterdam, this 1st of October anno 1646. Was signed: Carel van Brugge.
References
Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 2, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1647 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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