Document: Bill of Cornelis Clock for treating sick soldiers on board the Gilded Otter

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0245b

Description

Bill of Cornelis Clock, for bleeding, purging, &c., divers sick soldiers on board the Gilded Otter, with request for payment.

Document Date

1656-10-24

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-10-24

Document Type

Bill

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Bill

Full Resolution Image

Download, 100MB+ (Right-Click)

Translation

Earned for [ treating ] the soldiers on the ship Vergulden Otter on account of their ailments.

Christiaen Niessen, let [ blood ] Noel Reys, let [ blood ] Matthijs Boon, a purgative

Matthijs Boon, a solution for scurvy Mathijs Boon’s wife, a purgative

Harmen van Sant, a [ cannon ] ball having fallen on his private parts, several times treated with salve.

Also earned for shaving them.

Christiaen Niesen, Jacob Barentsen, Harm van Sante, Adriaen Andriesen, Noel Reys amicably request that the honorable lords [several lines lost] Mr [heelmeester] Cornelis Clock.

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/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0245b.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (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.