Translation
Judgment in appeal in the case of Matheus de Vos vs. Jan Lourensen
The director-general and council having heard, seen [ ] the judgment of the mayors and schepens of this city [ ] January, concerning the suit between Jan Lourenssen [ ] against Mattheus de Vos, defendant and appellant [ ].[99] After examination of the papers produced for this purpose, the director-general and high council declare the judgment to be just and [ ] . Thus done at the session of the director-general and high council held in New Amsterdam, 14 April 1654; and was signed: P. Stuyvesant, N. de Sille, C. van Werckhoven, La Montangne, Cor. van Thienhooven.
Notes
See The Records of New Amsterdam, 1653-1674, edited by Berthold Fernow, 7 vols., 1897 (reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1976, 1:153 for this judgment.