Document: Mortgage of a house and lot purchased by Sara Hart from Gillis Pietersen

Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Sara Hart, wife of Tomas Hardt, who before and in the presence of the undersigned witnesses acknowledged that she had bought from Gillis Pitersz a house and lot standing and lying on the island of Manhatans, southward of Fort Amsterdam,[1] for the sum of six hundred Carolus guilders, payable in beavers, in two installments, to wit: three hundred guilders within twelve consecutive months from date; a like three hundred guilders, also in beavers, to be paid precisely on the 26th of June anno 1649, or in default thereof the above named Gillis Pitersz or his agent shall have power to seize and resell the aforesaid house and lot at the expense and loss of the above mentioned Mrs. Sara Hart, or her successors. Therefore, the aforesaid house and lot remain especially pledged and mortgaged for the payment of the purchase money and in addition thereto she, Sara Hart, as further security, submits her person and property, movable and immovable, present and future, without any exception to the control of all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof the original hereof in the record is signed by Sara Hart and [ ].[2]

Sara Hart