Document: MEMORANDUM of necessities for Curacao

Memorandum of that which is needed from Nieuw Neederlandt for the island of Curacao, and is to be expected from there aboard the Companys yacht De Musch coming to this place:

Rye, wheat and peas.

Beams for the batteries.

Platform planks of 2, 3 and 3 inches thick.

Clapboards suitable for large and small barrels.

Six oxcarts or rough hewn lumber from which they can be made here.

Wooden hoops.

If more can be loaded aboard the ship, send whatever was requested in the memorandum of 28 April with the aforesaid ship De Musch [1] .

Curacao in Fort Amsterdam,the 15th of November 1664.

M. Beck

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