(Utrecht, Netherlands), May 1, 1634. Oblong folio, 18 15/16 x 14 5/8 in. (224 x 371 mm). 2 pp. Manuscript on parchment sheet attached to a small parchment sheet at bottom, written in a clear Dutch clerical hand; verso with a number of early notations registering the bond (one signed "A. Boote," an official of the Polder Committee of the Lekdijk Bovendams, and another signed and dated "D. Blanckendael, 1634"); with original papered seal and intact red seal. Margins on front and verso with notations recording the yearly interest payments beginning in 1698 and extending to 1890; with supplemental paper sheets of supporting documents, including recordings of interest payments through January of 1999. Verso of parchment darkened, but entire document completely legible.