Document: Order fixing the pay of two sailors for a voyage to Curaçao

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NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0878
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Order. Fixing the pay of two sailors for a voyage to Curaçao.

Document Date
1658-05-20
Document Date (Date Type)
1658-05-20
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Translation
Translation

[several lines lost] on the yacht [ ] served [ ] at the request of lord Becx came to make a journey to Aruba, and then, coming back to Curaçao, to leave from there to Holland; requesting that for that time they might be granted 12 guilders per month, but if they would go again to Curaçao with the yacht that they would be granted 13 guilders per month from now on.

After deliberation it is agreed that during their absence from Curaçao they will be granted 12 guilders per month to date, and on this date they are hired again for the journey to Curaçao at 13 guilders per month. Dated 20 May 1658.

Rights: This translation is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 8.

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/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0878.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (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.

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Curaçao
To Party 1
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Two Sailors
A1809 Additional Party
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