Document: Inventory of the goods confiscated in the ship Jonge Prins van Denemarcken

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Document ID
NYSA_A0270-78_V3_031d
Description

Inventory of the confiscated ship and merchandise belonging to Tielman Willekens. [1649]

Document Date
1649-03-25
Document Date (Date Type)
1649-03-25
Document Type

Translation
Translation

Inventory of the goods confiscated under benefit of inventory by the director general' and council with the ship De Jonge Prins van Deenmarcken, whereof Tienman Willekens is master and merchant, as the same was taken on the 23d of March 1649, at the requisition of the fiscal, in the presence of [ ] [1]

A piece of buckskin from the chest of Tielman Willekens, which was sealed and handed to the fiscal, containing a small quantity of gold, weighing 3¼ loot [2]

From the warehouse of Augustyn Hermans

341 Elephant's tusks, in three lots, weighing, to wit:

The hull of the ship De Jonge Prins van Deenmarcken (lying high and dry on the beach, so that at usual daily [ flood ]-tide one can walk around it without wetting the feet). is on the outside badly worm-eaten and sheathed with plank up to the gunwale

The mainmast and mainyard unfit for useThe mizzenmast and yard are goodThe foremast and foreyard are no goodThe bowsprit and spritsail yard, quite goodThe topmasts and yards, goodThe rigging more than half worn; a pair of shrouds broke by their own weightThe maintopmast rigging, mostly newThe foremast rigging, dittoThe foretopmast rigging is oldThe maintopmast is oldThe forestay, not particularly good1 old hawserForesail rope, almost newBowline, oldThe running gear, almost newTwo good blocks in the riggingTwo ditto, not much goodOne sheet-anchor mostly half wornOne kedge-anchor rope, half worn1 old tie-rope, very short and old1 old cable with very old ends2 anchors which are good and heavy1 heavy ditto with a stock1 old boat with four oars1 set of sails, with a spare foresail, half worn out2 buoy ropes

The ship 's hull is in such a condition that it must be caulked anew and repaired inside and all around, from top to bottom.

Gunner's stores

Cook's and steward's utensils

22 water casks, on the beach

compasses

The ship, standing and running rigging, sails, ammunition, gunner's, cook's and steward's utensils are found to be as stated above, in the presence of the cook and steward, gunner and chief boatswain, and of Abraham Planc and Fredrick Lubbersz, impartial freemen, before Mr. Lubbert van Dincklagen, Paulus Leendersz and Adriaen Keyser, on the requisition of the fiscal, the 25th of March 1649, In New Netherland.

Translation Superscripts
[1]: Names not given.
[2]: One loot, or lood, equals ½ ounce.
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_V3_031d.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 3, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1648-1660 (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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Ship Mentioned (Unlinked)
Jonge Prins van Denemarcken
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