Document: Contract of Symon Root and Reinier Somensen to build two houses for Paulus Leendersen van der Grift

Two houses, each 32 feet long, 18 ditto wide, 9 feet high under the beams and 3 feet from the beams to the wall plate, with header and trimmers for a double chimney and the shaft[1] 5 outside and inside doors3 Gothic window frames1 window frame with transom and mullion2 three-light window framesThree partitions as happens to be most convenientThe roof frame covered with boardsDoors and window sashes as required

The contractor shall hew and trim the pine timber in the woods, about 200 feet from the place where the houses are to stand.

The owner shall deliver the timber at his own expense on the ground where the houses are to be erected and fell the trees.2 closets with shelves inside the square room2 bedsteads

The owner shall pay the contractor sixty winter beavers for the above mentioned work when It is completed. He shall also convey the contractor and his partner and servant to the place of building and furnish the contractor and his partner and servant during the work with food and drink, free of charge. When the work is finished, the contractor and his partner and servant shall depart for the Manhatans at their own expense. Being satisfied herewith the parties have signed this. Manhatans, the 30th of May 1649.[2]

Symen Root
Rinier Somensen
Pouwelis Leendersz van die Gri[ ft ]
H. van Dyck