Document: Certificate of Hendrick Huyghen

[Abbe Claesen, former skipper Debit[i]

After the departure of governor Jan Prints, by commander Jan

Papegaay, on account, to settle ƒ 66 Received after his departure from

governor Johan Rysingh in two

sums ƒ133

Rest as per balance ƒ377 ƒ576

Credit

His salary from the South Swedish Company, for which after closing accounts with governor Jan Prints and] Hendrick Huygen, he contracted on the first of September 1653 as skipper at 24 guilders the month, in which service he continued until

the first of September 1655,

24/m at 24 guilders ƒ576

It is therefore my humble request to the honorable lord director general and high councilors of New Netherland that their esteemed honors will be pleased to let him be compensated out of the property left here by governor Rysingh on behalf of the South Company, the balance of his account which is ƒ377, as I do not know anything to the contrary, but that the aforesaid Abbe Claasen has conducted himself as an honest and faithful man in his position until the end of his service, and that after the departure of governor Rysingh he has tried to earn his living by manual labor and thereby has injured one of his hands, on which account he can hardly earn his daily bread. Amsterdam in New Netherland. 14th of June 1657. (signed) Hendrick Huygen