Document: MEMORANDUM of necessities for Curacao

Memorandum of necessities and essentials required for the island of Curacao and the service of the Company.

Provisions, bread as well as pottage, in addition to meat and bacon.

Long beams out of which to make gutters for the cisterns under the roofs of the magazines in the fort.

Beams, planks and spars for warehouses.

Planks of 2 inch thickness for batteries.

Planks of 2 inch thickness in order to make a new bottom for the Companys cargo boat and bark.

Heavy planks for platforms for cannon.

Clapboards and a good amount of wooden hoops for the cooper here.

Two sturdy farm wagons with four wheels.

Horse harness and equipment for the aforesaid wagons for eight draft horses.

One cart with two wheels and equipment for two horses.

One plow with the appropriate equipment thereto.

One new grain or grist mill or the wood and materials to make a new one here.

Curacao in Fort Amsterdam, the 23rd of August 1659.

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