RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 266
[Power of attorney from Albert Govertsen to Dirck Volckertsen
to receive moneys from the West India Company]
[158f] This day, date underwritten, before me, [ ], 324 appeared
Albert Govertsz from Souwater, who appoints and empowers, as he does hereby, Dirck Volckersz
to ask, demand and collect all such moneys as are already due or may hereafter become due to the
above mentioned Albert Govertssen from the honorable directors, all of which shall after his death
belong to Dirck Volckerssen. Thus done without fraud or deceit in the presence of the
undersigned witnesses, this 2nd of July anno 1647, in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.
This is the X mark of Albertssen, 325 made by himself
Adriaen van Tienhoven, witness
[Power of attorney from Abraham Staets to Lucas Smith
to receive money from the West India Company]
[158g] Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Abraham
Staets, an inhabitant of the colony of Renselaerswyck, who appoints and empowers, as he does
hereby, Luycas Smith 326 to ask, demand and collect in his, the principal’s, name from the
honorable directors of the General Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, the
sum of two hundred and thirty guilders due him, the principal, by their honors, as appears by the
annexed account; on payment of which money by their honors to Luycas Smith, he shall have
power to grant a receipt therefor, the principal further holding as valid whatever shall be done and
transacted in the matter by the attorney. The original hereof is signed in the record by Abraham
Staets in the presence of the witnesses hereto invited. Done the 2nd of July anno 1647, in New
Amsterdam, New Netherland.
Adriaen van Tienhoven, witness
Jacob Hendricksz Kip, witness
Abram Staas
324 Name not given.
325 Thus in the original.
326 Lucas Schmidt, from Johannisburg, East Prussia. See Van Rensselaer Bowier MSS., pp. 615, 826.
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