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Ordinary Session Held in Fort Orange
November 22,1656

Present:

La Montagne, commissary
Rutgher Jacobsz
Andries Harpersz
Jacob Schermerhooren
Philippe Pietersz
magistrates

Frans Barentsen Pastoor, plaintiff, against Abraham Pietersen Vosborch, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of a balance of twenty-seven pieces of beaver at ƒ10 apiece, in sewant, which the defendant paid him in sewant at ƒ8 apiece, so that there is still due him ƒ54.
The defendant maintains that he paid the twenty-seven beavers in full sewant, at ƒ8 apiece.
The parties having been heard, the defendant is ordered to pay theplaintiff the sum of ƒ54 in sewant.

Frans Barentsen Pastoor, plaintiff, against Jan van Breemen, defendant.
The defendant failing to appear, second default is entered against him.

Frans Barentsen Pastoor, plaintiff, against Jan Martensen, alias de Wever, defendant.
The defendant failing to appear, default is entered against him.

Lowies Cobus, as empowered proxy, plaintiff, against Frans Barentsen Pastoor, defendant.
The plaintiff says that he had ten beavers attached in the hands of the defendant, which ten beavers the defendant paid out in spite of the attachment.
The defendant says that he paid them by order of the court.
The plaintiff asks adjournment until the next court day, in order to have Pieter Bronsen^[1] subpoenaed.
The court consents to the adjournment.

Fop Barentsen, plaintiff, against Comelis Vos, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of one hundred, fifty guilders loaned by him to the defendant some weeks ago.
The defendant denies that he owes the plaintiff any money.
The court orders the plaintiff to prove the alleged debt on the next court day by written contract or testimony of witnesses.

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Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New Netherland Documents Series: Vol. 16, part 2, Fort Orange Court Minutes, 1652-1660 (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press: 1990).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.