Document: Contract of sale of the plantation of the late Claes Cornelissen Swits from Harmen Meyndertsen van den Bogaert to James Smith and William Brown

[ Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven ], secretary [ in New Netherland appointed ] by [ the General Chartered ] West India Company, appeared Harman Meyndersen [ van den Bogaert ], Gems Smit and [ Willem Brown, who ] declared that they had jointly [ agreed ] about the purchase [ of a certain house ] and plantation situated on the is[ land of Manhattan, heretofore ] occupied by the late Claes Cornelissen, wheelwright,[1] for the sum [ of one ] hundred and sixty Carolus guilders, payable, the first half payment on the [ 10th of ] May 1643, and the second just half payment on the 10th of May 1644, and that for all the right and title which the above named Harman Meyndersen, as co-heir of the aforesaid Claes Swits, deceased, may claim to the above mentioned house and plantation, for which the parties bind their persons and properties, movable and immovable, present and future, without any exception, the purchasers especially mortgaging and offering the aforesaid house and plantation as security for the payment of the purchase money aforesaid, under submission to all courts and judges. In testimony whereof this is signed by the parties. Done the 30th of May anno 1642, in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.

Harmannus A. Booghardij
James Smith
William Brown
Cornelis van Tienh[ oven ]