RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 105
acknowledges that on account of the said crown he is truly indebted to Willem Turck, supercargo
on the ship De Swarte Raven, in two hundred and ten and one-half beavers, being for goods and
merchandise, the receipt whereof to his satisfaction and contentment before the execution hereof
the aforesaid Huygen acknowledges, as more clearly appears by the account thereof; which said
two hundred and ten and one-half beavers I, Hendrick Huygen, promise to pay on demand to the
above mentioned Willem Turck, or his order, free of costs and charges, without any exception,
binding therefor my person and property, movable and immovable, present and future, nothing
excepted, submitting the same to the jurisdiction of all courts, tribunals and judges. In testimony
whereof this is signed by him, Huygen, and the witnesses, the 7th of July 1643, in Fort
Amsterdam, New Netherland.
Cornelio van der Hoykens, fiscal, witness Gysbert op Dyck
Acknowledged before me,
Cornelis van Tienh., secretary
Hendrick Huygen
[Declaration of Cornelis Pieters as to his good treatment
while in the service of David Pietersen de Vries]
[67b] Before me, Cor[nelis van Tienhoven], secretary of New Netherland, appeared [Cornelis
Piters], soldier, about 24 years of age, [who at the request] of David Pietersen attests and
declares that when he was in the service of the above mentioned David Piet[ersen] he and all the
other servants did receive proper food, such as bread, beef and pork, butter and milk, all
according to the circumstances; he, the deponent, also declares that he well knows that one
Cristoffel Laurens has carried away tobacco out of the Company’s warehouse, without David
Pietersen’s knowledge. All of which the deponent offers to confirm on oath. Done the 28th of
July 1643, in Fort Amsterdam.
Acknowledged before me,
Cornelis van Tienh., secretary
Corneles Piters
New Netherland Research Center New Netherland Institute