he 22d of Sept'r, Ao.
1739.

P. DE LA COURT.

[Footnote 1: A last was two tons.]

By the Lords of the Admiralty No. 5649.
HARTUNCK.[2]

[Footnote 2: Copyist's or translator's error for Hartsinck. Jan Jacob
Hartsinck, afterward president of the Dutch West India Company, was
from 1724 to 1762 clerk of the Admiralty of Amsterdam. Elias, _De
Vroedschap van Amsterdam_, II. 910. The Dutch Republic had five navy
boards, of which the Admiralty of Amsterdam was the most important.]

The required Oath is taken in the Passport Sept. 23d 1739.

_130. Let-pass of the Amsterdam Post. September 23, 1739 (N.S.)._

Lett Pass the Sloop _Amsterdam Post_, AEneas Mackay Master, with his
Passengers, Goods and Merchandizes, without Lett, Hindrance, Searching
or Molestation, it appearing to us by good Witnesses that the said
Sloop belongs to One under the State of the Netherlands. Given under
our Hand and Seal at the Admiralty in Amsterdam this Twenty third Day
of Septemb'r In the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
thirty nine.

P. FECLELOOT.[?]

To all Persons whom this may Concern.
Per order of the Lords of the Admiralty.
A. BACKER Jan'ry.

_131. Tonnage Certificate of the Amsterdam Post. September 24, 1739
(N.S.)._

We, underwritten, ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty of Amsterdam
to Tax and Visit the Vessells that go to Sea from Texell,[1] Declare
by this That AEneas Mackay of Amsterdam, Master of the Sloop _Amsterdam
Post_, has given us the length of his Sloop, being within Board 50-1/2
feet, Breadth 15-3/4, feet in the Hold 8 feet, and twelve years old,
and We Tax her to be Twenty Lasts. Visited her in Amsterdam, Septemb'r
the 24th, 1739.

PIETER KANSEBOOM.

[Footnote 1: The island and passage where Amsterdam vessels made their
final exit from the Zuyder Zee into the North Sea.]

The Last Money[2] paid April 13th 1739.

P. HENKES. WM. CAMPER.

[Footnote 2: Tonnage dues.]

_132. Aeneas Mackay's Oath as a Burgher of Amsterdam. September 16,
1739 (N.S.)._

You do swear that you will be a good and faithfull Porter[1] of this
City and will be obedient to such Rulers, as shall from time to time
be appointed, in this Place, in watching and discovering all attempts
that may be made against the Rulers or People of this Place, and that
you will at all Times Exert yourself in the defence of this City, and
do all that becomes a good and honest Porter in Discovering any
Designs. So Help you God.