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On the 19th of February, being Thursday anno 1643

Jan Celes, plaintiff, vs. Raeff Cardel, defendant. The plaintiff demands payment for 200 pounds of tobacco loaned to the defendant in the year 1641 and to be paid for at 10 stivers a pound. The defendant admits having borrowed 200 pounds of tobacco from the plaintiff and promised to deliver 200 pounds to the plaintiff in return, without any price being stipulated.

The plaintiff says that when he loaned the tobacco it was worth 10 stivers a pound and that he should not suffer loss by loaning it longer without profit. The defendant is condemned to pay the plaintiff fl. 102:10, instead of the 200 pounds of tobacco.

Hans Nelissen, plaintiff, vs. Evert Jansen, defendant.

Plaintiff demands restitution of certain cloth which the plaintiff gave to the defendant to make a suit of and which in the absence of the defendant was stolen from his house. Hendrick Kip and Gillis de Voocht are invited by the honorable director general and council to settle the matter between Hans Nelissen and Evert Jansen.

Hendrick van Pyck, plaintiff, vs. Adam Hooft, defendant, for slander. The plaintiff exhibits a written bill of complaint.

The defendant answers in writing. Having seen the proceedings of both parties it is ordered that the defendant prove the slander, which he offers to do.

Oloff Stevensz, commissary of cargoes and store goods, appeared in court and requested that inasmuch as until now he has had charge of the store goods and cargoes, for which a compensation in addition to his monthly wages was promised him, the honorable director and council may be pleased to pay him for his trouble what they shall think proper.

Haying taken into consideration the request of Oloff Stevensen, his fidelity and industry, and also the fact that he fills the place of a commissary, he is granted 100 guilders a year as a compensation for his trouble.

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Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.