RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 14
[Exemplification of certificate of good conduct of Lieutenant Commander Bartram
from the governor and council of Curaçao, W. I]
[12] [We, the undersigned], do certify at the [request] of Jan Bartram, of the [Hague], that as
long as he, [Bartram], has been [under] our command and served as Lieutenant-commander he
has discharged his duty on expeditions and on guard and as commander in such a way that
nothing is to be said in criticism thereof. We have therefore given these to him in testimony of
the truth and to that end subscribed them with our several hands. Done this 20th of August anno
1641, in the fort at Curaçao. Was signed: Jan Claesen van Campen, P. Stuyvesant, Hendric
Gerritsen, Cornelis Claesen Heeringh, Albert Jansen, Brian Newton, this is the X mark of Otto
Jansen from Norden, this is the X mark of Mackum Marckrarly, Alexander Merchall, and Davit
Eduwort. Lower was written: In my presence, and signed, A: Verellen, secretary.
Upon collation, this is found to agree with the original by me, the undersigned, as secretary of
the honorable Chartered West India Company in New Netherland, this 8th of March anno 1642,
in Fort Amsterdam.
Witness my hand,
Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary
[Permit for Jan Bartram to sail from the island of Curaçao
in the ship De Witte Kloodt]
Copy. The [ ]
[Jan Bartram shall repair in the ship] De Witte [Kloodt 23 to the] fatherland. Done this 20th of
August] anno 1641, in the fort [at Curaçao. Signed:] Jan Claessen van Campen [ ]
By order of [the governor and] council, signed: [A: Verlellen], secretary.
Upon collation, [this is] found to agree [with the] original by [me, the undersigned], the
8th of March anno 1642, in Fort Amst[erdam] in New Netherland.
23 The White Globe.
Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary
New Netherland Research Center New Netherland Institute