Document: Power of attorney from Adriaen Dircksen to Govert Loockermans to receive money due him by the West India Company

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A0270-78_V2_149i
Description

Power of attorney. Adriaen Dircksen to Govert Loockermans to receive money due him by the W. I. Company at Amsterdam. [1646]

Document Date
1646-09-21
Document Date (Date Type)
1646-09-21
Document Type
Power of Attorney

Translation
Translation

Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Adriaen Dircksen, from Maersen, assistant, who in the presence of the underwritten witnesses appoints and empowers, as he does hereby, Mr. Govert Loockmans to ask, demand and receive in his name from the honorable directors of the General Chartered West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, the sum of seven hundred and seventy-one guilders, seventeen stivers, eight pennies due him by their honors as per balance of the account annexed. On payment of which sum by their honors, Mr. Loockmans may execute a receipt therefor, [ the principal ] holding valid whatever shall be done by the aforesaid Loockmans in the matter above mentioned. In testimony whereof this is signed in the record by Adriaen Dircksen and by Gysbert op Dyc and Adriaen van Tienhoven, as witnesses hereto invited, the 21st of September, 1646, in New Amsterdam.

Adriaen Dircksen Coen
Gysbert ope Dyck
Adriaen van Tienhoven

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_149i.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.

To Party 1
To Party 1
Govert Loockermans (ID: 151)
From Party 1
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
Adriaen Dircksen
From Party 1 Entity
Individual
From Party 2
From Party 2 Entity
DWIC - Corporation - Dutch West India Company (DWIC)
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary (Series A0270 _ 1642-1660)
Box
2
Volume
2
Item
149i
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/11240