Document: MANIFEST of goods sent from Curacao to New Netherland

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Document ID
NYSA_A1883-78_V17_036b
Description

Memorandum. Of sundries sent to divers persons in New Netherland, viz.: Salt, preserved lemons, paroquets and parrots, some of which were for Johannis van Brugh, recently married to Miss Rodenborgh.

Document Date
1658-09-31
Document Type
Full Resolution Image

Translation
Translation

List of the following which was also sent by the vice-director with the ship Diemen to the following [ people ]:

To the honorable lord director-general P, Stuyvesant:

Four barrels of scum salt marked:

Four casks, to wit: two with preserved lemons and two of the same with lemon juice with the same mark.

Four parrots in two cages. Twenty-four parakeets.

To the honorable Jacob Alrichs on the South River:

One barrel or hogshead of scum salt marked:

Two casks, to wit: one with preserved lemons and one of the same with lemon juice with the same mark.

To the honorable Nicasius de Silla:

One cask of scum salt marked:

To the honorable secretary Cornelius van Ruyven:

One cask of scum salt marked:

To the newly-wedded Mr. Johannes van Brugh with Miss Rodenborgh:

One cask of scum salt.

One cask of preserved lemons

One of the same with lemon juice marked

One parrot

Twelve parakeets

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References

Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., Curacao Papers, 1640-1665 (New Netherland Research Center and the New Netherland Institute: 2011).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.

Location
Locations (Unlinked)
Curacao to New Netherland|South River
Ship Mentioned (Unlinked)
Diemen
Related Ancestors (Unlinked)
Johannis van Brugh|recently married to Miss Rodenborgh|Petrus Stuyvesant |Jacob Alrichs |Nicasius de Silla|Cornelius van Ruyven
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