Document: Bill of sale of pork from Richard Lord to Adriaen de Keyser

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A0270-78_V2_158i
Description

Bill of sale. Richard Lord, of the Fresh river (Connecticut), to Adriaen Keyser, commissary, of a lot of tobacco. [1647]

Document Date
1647-07-03
Document Date (Date Type)
1647-07-03
Document Type
Bill of Sale

Translation
Translation

Ritchert Lordt, residing on the Varse Reviere,[1]327 sells to Adriaen de Keyser, commissary, for account of the Chartered West India Company, a quantity of pork, deliverable on the fourth day of July next, at five stivers a pound, payable by said Mr. de Keyser in salt, which salt shall be delivered one-half here and the other half at Boston, in New England, at the market price in Boston and at which the Company’s salt shall be sold there. Thus done and signed the 3rd of July anno 1647, in New Amsterdam in New Netherland.

A. Keyser
Richard Lord

Translation Superscripts
[1]: Intended for the Versche Rivier, meaning the “Fresh River” or the Connecticut River.
References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A0270/NYSA_A0270-78_V2_158i.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 2, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1647 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.

To Party 1
To Party 1
Adriaen Keyser (ID: 1609,000,091)
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary (Series A0270 _ 1642-1660)
Box
2
Volume
2
Item
158i
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/11321