Document: Power of attorney from Laurens Christiaensen to Gerrit Arentsen to collect wages earned by him in the service of the WIC in Brazil

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A0270-78_V2_162c
Description

Powers of attorney. Willem de Key and others to divers persons, to receive money due them from the W. I. Company at Amsterdam. [1647]

Document Date
1647-08-02
Document Date (Date Type)
1647-08-02
Document Type
Power of Attorney

Translation
Translation

Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Laurens Cristiaensz from Copenhagen, who declares that he empowers, as he does hereby, Gerrit Arentsz, merchant at Amsterdam, to demand and receive from the honorable directors of the Chartered West India Company in Amsterdam the sum of five hundred and twenty-four guilders earned by the above named Laurens Cristiaensz in Fort S. Louis de Marinhan, as per the annexed account. On payment of said moneys by their honors the attorney shall have power to execute a receipt therefor, which shall be valid, the principal further holding as valid whatever shall be done in the matter by Gerrit Arentsz or his order. Thus done and signed by Laurens Cristiaensz in the presence of Jacob Kip and [ ], as witnesses hereto invited, the 2nd of August anno 1647, in New Amsterdam, New Netherland.

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_162c.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.

Location
Modern Location
Brazil
From Party 2
From Party 2 Entity
DWIC - Corporation - Dutch West India Company (DWIC)
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary (Series A0270 _ 1642-1660)
Box
2
Volume
2
Item
162c
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/11357