Document: Assignment by Charles Morgan to Hans Broebergen of a claim on the West India Company

Before me, Jacob Kip, appointed clerk here, appeared Charles Morgen from Nieupoort, cadet in the service of the honorable West India Company here, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses declared that by virtue of a transfer executed in his favor under date of July 8, 1650 by Tomas Jonas, corporal in the service of the honorable Company here, he transfers and assigns, as he does hereby, to and for the behoof of Hans Broebergen from Staveren, or those who may acquire his right thereto the account earned by Tomas Jonasen in the service of the honorable West India Company on the island of Curacao, amounting to one hundred guilders, sixteen stivers and 4 pence, as appears from the said account, which aforesaid sum having been received by Hans Broebergen or his order from the honorable directors' of the chamber at Amsterdam, he shall by virtue of the assignments have the power to execute a receipt, which shall be valid, for which amount of the aforesaid account he, the appearer, Charles Morgen, acknowledges that before the execution hereof, he was fully paid and satisfied for which reason he promises to hold this his transfer and assignment firm and binding and to hold valid whatever shall be done and transacted by Hans Broebergen or his assigns in the matter aforesaid. In testimony whereof the original hereof is signed by the appearer and cedent, together with Johannes Marckes and Tomas Abelgat, as witnesses, this 14th of September 1651, in New Amsterdam in New Netherland.

Scharles Morgen
Thomas Apelgat
Johannes Marckesen
Johannes Kip