Document: RECEIPT of Jacob Davitsz, first mate of the Diemen, for goods received against his wages

I, the undersigned, Jacob Davitsz, first mate on the Companys ship Diemen acknowledge to have received from the honorable lord vice-director Mathias Beck, against the account of my earned monthly wages, the sum of thirty Carolus guilders in hard currency in order to buy for my needs cloth for clothing belonging to Jan Gerritsz, skipper of the lost ship De Postpaert. In testimony thereof three copies of this have been made, of which the others are invalid when one has been satisfied. Done on Curacao in Fort Amsterdam, the 5th of September 1658.

Jacob Davijtsen

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