Document: Appointment of William Beekman to be commissary at the South river (Delaware)

[Whereas the service of the Company urgently requires that a suitable person be engaged and sent as commies to the South River, and considering the qualifications and good conduct of Sr..Willem Beeckman, a citizen and old inhabitant] here, the same [ is engaged ], commissioned and appointed [ as such ], for which he is granted the same contract and allowance as what the former commies, Jacquet, received there, namely, fifty guilders per month and 200 guilders annually for boarding money. It is resolved to send him there with the proper commission and instruction at the first suitable opportunity. Dated as above.[i]