Document: Bond of Abraham Planck for the payment of money due to the West India Company

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Document ID
NYSA_A0270-78_V2_051d
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Bond. Jan Jansen Damen and Cornelis van Tienhoven, as sureties for a debt due by Abraham Planck to the W. I. Company. [1643]

Document Date
1643-04-27
Document Date (Date Type)
1643-04-27
Document Type

Translation
Translation

I, the undersigned, Abraha[ m Planck ], hereby acknowledge that I am well and truly indebted to the honorable directors of the West India Company in the sum of one thousand and thirty-two guilders, thirteen stivers and ten pennies, which money I promise to tender and pay free of costs and charges and that with interest at eight per cent per annum, redeemable interest;[2] and for additional security Jan Damen and Cornelis van Tienh[ oven ] offer themselves as sureties and co-principals for the [ payment of the ] above mentioned sum, on condition that as long as Abraham Planck pays the interest punctually, the principal and sureties shall not be troubled or applied to for the capital. For all of which the principal and the sureties bind their persons and properties, movable and immovable, present and future, without any exception, submitting to all courts, tribunals and judges. Done the 27th of April anno 1643, in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.

Abram Planck
Jan Jansen Damen
Cornelis van Tienhoven
Cornelis van Tienh.

Translation Superscripts
[2]: Losrente; meaning that the obligation to pay interest is not perpetual, but may be ended at the option of the debtor by the payment of the debt.
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_051d.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.

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Abraham Planck
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