Document: Power of attorney from Jan Evertsen Bout to Jan Jansen Damen to sell his share in the ship St. Pieter

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A0270-78_V2_142c

Description

Power of attorney. Jan Evertsen Bout to Jan Jansen Damen, to sell his share in the ship St. Peter. [1645]

Document Date

1645-03-01

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-03-01

Document Type

Power of Attorney

Translation

Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Jan Eversz Bout, who empowers, as he does hereby, Jan Jansz Damen to sell his interest in the ship St. Piter to whoever he shall think expedient and fit, revoking the power of attorney given to Isaac Allerton,[1] as the term of notice has expired, [ the principal ] further holding as valid whatever shall be done by Jan Damen. Done the [blank] of March 1645, in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: See [140c].

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_142c.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.