Nederlands: Brief van Pieter Schaghen aan de
Staten-Generaal. Schaghen was namens de Staten-Generaal bestuurslid van de
West-Indische Compagnie. Het document bevindt zich in het
Nationaal Archief te
Den Haag (voorheen bekend als het Algemeen Rijksarchief)
[2]. Transcriptie:
Dates / recep(tis?): 7 november 1626.
Hooghe moghende heeren,
Hier (in
Amsterdam) is ghister 't schip 't Wapen van Amsterdam / aengekome(n) ende is de(n) 23e(n) septem(ber) uyt
Nieu(w) Neder-/ lant gezeylt uyt de
rivier Mauritius. Rapportere(n) / dat ons volck daer kloec is en(de) vreedigh leven. / Hare vrouwe(n) hebbe(n) ooc kindere(n) aldaer gebaert. / Hebben
't eylant Manhattes van de
wilde gekocht, voor / de waerde van 60
gul(den). Is groot 11.000
morge(n). / Hebbende alle kore(n) half meij gezeyt ende half / augusto gemayd. Daer van zeynde de munsterkens / van zomerkore(n), als
tarues,
rogge,
garst,
haver, /
boucweijt,
knarizaet,
boontjens en(de)
vlas.
Het cargasoen van 't v(oor)s(eijde) schip is:
7246
bevers velle(n)
178½
otters velle(n)
675 otters velle(n)
48
mincke velle(n)
36
cattos velle(n)
33 mincke(n)
34
ratte vellekens
Veel
eycken balcke(n) en(de)
noten-hout.
Hier mede, hooghe moghende heere(n), zyt de(n) Almogende in genade(n) bevole(n).
In Amsterdam, den 5e(n) novem(ber) a(nn)o 1626.
Uwe hoo(gh) moo(ghende) dienstwillighe,
P(ieter) Schaghen (handtekening)
Opschrift op keerzijde:
Hooge moghende heere(n), / myn heere(n) de Staten-/ G(e)n(er)aell in / 's Gravenhage. Daarnaast (diagonaal):
Met / nul empechement.
English: A Letter by Pieter Schaghen, board member of the
Dutch West India Company, to the
States General of the Netherlands. As a council member of the
Amsterdam-based West India Company, Schaghen personally represented the federal legislative body of the
Dutch Republic, which was seated in
The Hague. Schaghen informs his superiors that a ship from
New Netherland has arrived in Amsterdam the day before, the 4th of November 1626. This document is part of the collection of the
Dutch National Archives in The Hague. Translation
[3]:
Received (in The Hague): 7th of November 1626.
High and mighty lords,
The ship 'The coat of arms of Amsterdam' has arrived here (in Amsterdam) yesterday and has sailed out of New Netherland on the 23rd of September through the
Mauritius River. (Hereby) reporting that our people are in good spirit and are living there peacefully. The women have given birth to children there as well. (They) have bought the
Island of Manhattes from the
wild man, for the amount of 60
guilders. (The island) measures 11.000
morgen. (They) have sowed all
grains in the middle of May and harvested (them) in the middle of August. The samples of summer grain, being
wheat,
rye,
barley,
oat,
buckwheat,
canary grass,
beans and
flax, are from this (harvest).
The cargo of the aforesaid ship is:
7246
beaver skins
178½
otter skins
675 otter skins (apparently packaged separately from the first shipment of otter skins)
48
mink skins
36
cat skins
33 minks (without further specifications)
34
rat skins
Many
oak beams and
heartwood.
Herewith, high and mighty lords, be commended to the mercy of the Almighty.
(Written) in Amsterdam, the 5th of November 1626.
Your high and mightinesses' obedient (servant),
Pieter Schaghen (signature)
Description on the back:
High and mighty lords, my lords (of) the States General in The Hague. Next to this diagonally:
Without hinderance.