RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 301
[Power of attorney from Jesse la Montagne to Coenraet van Ceulen
to receive money due him by the WIC]
[163b] Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Jesse La
Montangne, assisted by his father and guardian, Mr. Johannes La Montangne, councillor in New
Netherland, who declared in the presence of the undersigned witnesses that he appointed and
empowered, as he hereby does [appoint and empower], Mr. Coenraet van Ceulen, merchant at
Amsterdam, to ask, demand and receive in the name and on the behalf of the above mentioned
Jesse La Montangne from the honorable directors of the Chartered West India Company, chamber
at Amsterdam, the sum of nine hundred and forty guilders, ten stivers, earned by the above
mentioned Jesse La Montangne from their honors in New Netherland as appears by the annexed
account and the Book of Monthly Wages, No. F, p. 51. On payment of said sum of nine hundred
and forty guilders by the above mentioned directors to the above named Mr. Coenraet van Ceulen
or his substitute they may execute a receipt therefor in due form, he, Jesse La Montangne,
promising with his father and guardian, who assists herein, to hold and cause to be held as valid
all that the above mentioned Mr. van Ceulen or his substitute shall do or transact in the matter,
even though it should require more specific and ample powers than are herein mentioned. Thus
done and signed in the record by Jesse La Montangne, assisted by Johannes La Montangne, his
father and guardian, in the presence of [ ], as witnesses hereto invited, in Fort Amsterdam in New
Netherland, the 9th of August anno 1647.
Augustin Herrman, Testat.
Jn° Dolling
Acknowledged before me,
La Montagne
Jesse Lamontangne
Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary
[Power of attorney from Dirck Cornelissen Hoochlandt to Volckert Douwesen
to receive money due him by the WIC]
[163c] Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Cornelis
Dircksen Hoochlandt, who appoints and empowers, as he hereby does, Volcker Douwesen, baker,
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