RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 245
Therefore, I hereby declare that they have in every respect followed our orders in trading and
disposing of their goods here at this place and I therefore promise to free them from all loss and
claims. In witness of the truth I have issued to them this certificate signed with my own hand.
Done at Curaçao, in Fort Amsterdam, this 2nd of October anno 1646. Was signed: L: Rodenborch.
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After collation, in the presence of Laurens v. Heusden and G. Opdyck, witnesses
hereto, this is found by me, the secretary, to agree with the original, dated and signed
as above. The 27th of December anno 1646, in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland.
Laurens van Heusden
Gysbert op e Dyck
[Note of Captain Jacob Loper in favor of Willem de Key]
I, the undersigned, Jacob Loper, captain-lieutenant of the company of the honorable director at
Curaçao, acknowledge that I am indebted to Mr. Willem de Key in the sum of one hundred and
twenty-five Carolus guilders and nineteen stivers, which sum of ƒ125.19 I promise to pay to the
aforesaid de Key, or his order, when he shall have returned with the ship from New Netherland, or,
in case of my departure, he is to apply to the honorable directors of the Chartered West India
Company, chamber at Amsterdam, for payment of the above. In witness of the truth I have signed
this with my own hand. Done at Curaçao, in Fort Amsterdam, this 1st of October 1646. Was
signed: Jacob Loper.
After collation in the presence of Laurens van
Heusden and Gysbert op Dyck, witnesses hereto,
this is found by me, the secretary, to agree
with the original, signed and dated as above.
The 27th of December anno 1646, in Fort
Amsterdam in New Netherland.
Laurens van Heusden
Gysbert op e Dyck
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