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At^[1] the office of the secretary of [ New Netherland ] appeared Cornelis Jacobsen van Steenwyck [ and ] Pieter Stoutenborg, being [ appointed ] by the honorable director general [ of New Netherland to settle ] the insolvent estate of Pieter Anthony, [ deceased, who declared that they had ] appointed and empowered, as they hereby do [ appoint and empower ], the worthy Mr. [      ], who at the first opportunity and with God's help is to transport himself [ to Fort Orange or ] elsewhere, in order in their name and[ on their behalf ] to inquire there about the out [ standing debts of the ] aforesaid Pieter Anthony, deceased, and the same [ in all ways ] and manner to demand and [ collect and ] to execute [ a discharge for ] the receipt, and fu[ rther to do whatever is necessary ], if possible in all love and friendship [ but otherwise by ] means of judicial proceedings, to appear bef[ ore the court and ju ]dges and there to proceed against the debtors of the curators, whether as plaintiff or defendant, which power of attorney we, the undersigned, in the capacity above written, hereby by our signatures declare to be and to be held by us firm and binding. Manhatans, this 12^th of April A° 1652.

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Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 3, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1648-1660 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.