Translation
Order on a complaint of Gysbert van der Donck against a fugitive servant
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Gysbert vander Donck appears before the session and complains that a servant has run away from him.
The fiscal is ordered to apprehend the servant and return him to his master.
Upon the request of Nicolaes Jansen Backer for two pieces of cloth:
The
petitioner is ordered to prove that he has paid the proper duty on both pieces of
cloth; then he shall be given the two pieces of cloth.
Jan Blom appears at the session with a Frenchman who is his passenger.
The director and council order that they pay board money equally.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 5, Council Minutes, 1652-1654 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1983).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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