Document: Lease from Abraham Planck to Cornelis Arissen of Paulus Hook

Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, [ ap ]peared Abraham Planc of the first part and Cornelis Arissen of the second part, who acknowledge that they have agreed and contracted with each other in manner hereinafter written, to wit: Abraham Planc leases to Cornelis Arissen, who also acknowledges that he hires, Paulus Hook with the house and garden belonging to him, Planck, for the term of six consecutive years, beginning the first of May 1644 and ending the first of May 1650; on which Paulus Hook Abraham Planck shall have a barn built at his expense, the roofs of which house and barn Cornelis Arissen must keep tight. Said lessee shall pay as rent the first year one hundred guilders and the remaining five years annually one hundred and sixty guilders if Jan Pottagie[1] continues to reside at the Hook, but if said Pottagie leaves, the lessee shall pay during the aforesaid five years one hundred and eighty guilders; provided that at the expiration of the lease all that the lessee shall have done, either in clearing or fencing, shall then belong to the proprietor, without any compensation therefor. In testimony of the truth, this is signed by parties the 20th of April 1643 in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.

Cornelis Arissen
Abram Planck