Translation
Election of Adriaen Jansen Appel to pay the excise and fine
Thus sentenced and condemned at the session of the director general and councilors held in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 7th of August 1656.
Adriaen Jansz van Leyden, having heard the above sentence read aloud and asked which he intended to choose, the banishment or to pay the fine, gave as a reply that in order to prevent the shame of banishment for his wife and children, he accepted and promised to pay the farmer ƒ800 and court costs. Thus promised by him in the presence of the lord general and the councilor, La Montagne, in the council chamber in Fort Amsterdam, the 7th of August 1656
References
Translation: Gehring, C., & Venema, J. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 8, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press: 2018.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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