Document: MANIFEST of goods loaded aboard the Nieuw Amstel bound for New Netherland

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NYSA_A1883-78_V17_048b
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Bill of lading for the above, and invoices of Muscovado sugar, &c., sent to New Netherland in the ship New Amstel.  (3 pages)

Document Date
1659-06-16
Document Date (Date Type)
1659-06-16
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Translation
Translation

In the Galiot Nieuwer Amstel, 1659.

Manifest of the goods loaded aboard the galiot N. Amstel, upon which Jacob Jansen Huys is skipper, destined to go to Amsterdam in Nieuw Nederlandt.

At the island of St. Cristoffel

Augustinis Hermans to N. Varlet and Company

Item to himself

Pieter van Loo to Tieleman van Vleck

At the island of Curacao Lord Vice Director Beck to the Lord D.-General Stuyvesant

7 barrels containing 3789 lb. sugar

24000 lb. dyewood

7 last salt

Item to the aforesaid Lord General

Item to the lords N. de Sille and P Tonneman

1 small chest of sugar

Item to Do. Driesius

1 chest of sugar

The Lord Director Beck to Johannes Verbrugge

Item to A. Hermans and N. Varlet

1 barrel of sugar, provisions

Item to Cornelis van Ruyven

1 small barrel of sugar, provisions

Lourens van Ruyven to C. van Ruyven

1 barrel of conch

Do. Siperius to H. Jansen van der Vin

1 small barrel of sugar, provisions

Mr. Vaendr.[i] to Daniel Litsco

1 barrel of conch

Franck Bruyn to Dr. Hans Kiersteede

1 barrel of conch

Item to Johannes Verbrugge

1 barrel of conch

Augustinis Hermans to N. Varlet and company

23 last salt

The following is what was loaded at the South River of Nieu Nederlant before Fort Nieuwer Amstel, namely:

Augustinis Hermans

Salemon Hansen

Mr. van Gasel

Mr. Beeckman[iii]

Jacob the Companys sergeant to Pieter Rudolphus

2 packs of deer skins

1 small pack of beavers

In the galiot NieuwerAmstel, the 16th of June 1659

B. Beyard, supercargo

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Translation Superscripts
[i]: Probably the abbreviation for vaandrager, “ensign.”
[ii]: i.e., one small pack of deer skins wrapped in reed mats.
[iii]: Willem Beeckman, commander at Fort Altena, formerly Fort Christina, i.e. present-day Wilmington, Delaware.
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Location
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New Netherland|Curacao in Fort Amsterdam|St. Cristoffel|South River of Nieu Nederlant before Fort Nieuwer Amstel
Ship Mentioned (Unlinked)
Nieuw Amstel
Related Ancestors (Unlinked)
Jacob Jansen Huys|Augustinis Hermans to N. Varlet|M. Beck|Pieter van Loo|Tieleman van Vleck|N. de Sille|P Tonneman|Do. Driesius|Johannes Verbrugge|Do. Siperius|H. Jansen van der Vin|Mr. Vaendr|Daniel Litsco|Franck Bruyn
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