Translation
Certificate of director Stuyvesant that he had ordered Cornelis Jacobsen Steenwyck to pay 800 guilders to Mr. Rysingh
[ 2d of November ]
[ Copy ]
I, the undersigned, hereby certify and declare that I have requested the honorable Cornelis Jacobsen Steenwijck to pay to the honorable Johan Risingh, pursuant to the capitulation, a draft of eight hundred guilders, for the payment of which, with all damages and losses therefrom arising, I, the undersigned, pledge and guarantee, besides the property left by the aforesaid Risingh in my hands, my own private property, movable and immovable, presently owned and which may come to me. In witness whereof I have signed this with my own hand.
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, ady ut supra. (Was signed:) P. Stuyvesant.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 6, Council Minutes, 1655-1656 (Syracuse: 1995). A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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