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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,—

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.