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Ordinary Session Held in Fort Orange
July 17, 1657

President, Johannes Lamontagne
Jacob Schermerhoorn
Jan Tomassen
Goossen Gerritsen

Tjerck Claessen, plaintiff, against
Default. Henderick Gerritsen, defendant.

Default. Claes Hendericksen, plaintiff, against
Default. Harmen Bambus and Dirck Bensick, defendant.

Jacob Tijssen, plaintiff, against
Default. Jan Gaeuw, defendant.

Default. Gijsbert van Loenen, plaintiff, against
Teuwes Abrahamsen, defendant.

Jan de Wever, plaintiff, against

Default. {	Willem Hap,	} defendants.
	Pieter Stevensen,
	Henderick Claessen
	Arent vanden Berch,

Mr. van Hamel, plaintiff, against
Default. Lambert van Valckenborch, defendant.

Default. Willem Albertsen, plaintiff, against
Default. Huybert Janssen, defendant.

Default. Adriaen Janssesn van Leyden, plaintiff, against
Default. Willem Albertsen, defendant.

Jan van Hoesem, plaintiff, against
Both in default. Henderick Gerritsen and Anderies van Sluys, defendants.

Tomas Cooninck, plaintiff, against

Default. {	Gijsbert van Loenen	} defendants.
	Claes vanden Berch,

Teunis Templier, plaintiff, against
Default. Henderick Bierman, defendant.

Jaques Tijssen, plaintiff, against
Pieter Stevensen, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of two beavers, for rent of his house. The defendant admits the debt and offers to pay in good sewant at the rate of ƒ10:- to one beaver, or in beaver value in specie, within the space of three weeks.
The court orders the defendant to pay die sum demanded in three weeks, according to his promise.

Stoffel Janssen, plaintiff, against Jan van Hoesem, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of 28 beavers, for which sum he has had attached a certain number of beavers in the hands of Cornelis Teunissen, due to the defendant.
The court orders Cornelis Teunissen to put the attached beavers, to the value of 28, into the hands of the plaintiff, in lieu of payment by the defendant, as soon as his time to make payment shall have expired.

Mattheus Abrahamsen, plaintiff, against Jan Gouw, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of three beavers for wages and the costs of the suit.
The defendant, failing to appear for the third time, is because of his contempt ordered by the court to pay the three beavers demanded, together with the costs of the suit, rated at ƒ4:-.

Jan Labatie, plaintiff, against Gillis Pietersen, defendant.
The plaintiff demands an account and payment for 100 pounds of nails furnished by him to the defendant.
The defendant offers to pay for 50 pounds of the said nails and to give therefor two and a half beavers, presenting at the same time his account.
The plaintiff accepts the offer.
The court, in accordance with the respective offer and acceptance, orders the defendant to pay the plaintiff for the 50 pounds of nails, two and a half beavers. As to the account, it is ordered that the parties shall each choose an arbitrator to settle the same.

Volckert Janssen, plaintiff, against Pieter Stevensen, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of ƒ111:- sewant.
The defendant admits the debt and promises to pay in four weeks.
The court orders the defendant according to his promise to pay the sum demanded in four weeks.

Pieter Adriaenssen, plaintiff, against Mattheus Abrahamsen, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of ƒ46:-, for expenses incurred for board.
The defendant demands an account of the sum.
The court orders the plaintiff to render an account to the defendant and condemns the defendant to pay the plaintiff the sum agreed upon within the space of 15 days.

Claes Gerritsen, plaintiff, against Jan Dareth, defendant.
The plaintiff demands the return of a gun for which he ordered a new gunstock to be made by the defendant.
The defendant answers that it was stolen from him by the Indians and offers to replace it by a new gun, or else to pay the value of it in beavers.

The plaintiff accepts the gun on condition that he may try it. Fiat.

Philip de Brouwer, plaintiff, against Jan van Hoesem, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of the sum of ƒ150:- in beavers, according to the defendant’s promise.
The defendant admits the debt and promises to pay the same in six weeks, or before the departure of the ships for the fatherland.
The court orders the defendant to pay the sum demanded, within the space of six weeks, according to his promise.

Pieter de Maecker, plaintiff, against Dirck Bensick, defendant.
The plaintiff demands payment of 23 beavers for wages. He declares that he has had four beavers in the hands of Dirck Janssen attached and asks that the attachment be declared valid.
The wife of Dirck Bensick^[1] appearing in the place of her husband admits the debt and requests an extension of time until the return of her husband.
The plaintiff replies that he is about to leave and cannot wait such an indefinite length of time.
The court orders the defendant’s wife to pay the sum demanded, or the balance thereof, within the space of six days, under penalty of attachment.

Rutger Jacobsen, appearing before the court, requests that the yacht which he sold to Harmen Jacobsen and which, the said Harmen Jacobsen being a fugitive from justice, has been sent here, may be used by him to carry freight, offering to deposit the rental until a decision is rendered in the case.
The court grants the request.

Pieter Maecker, requests that the two beavers’ worth of hardware which he has furnished for the church may be credited to him against the ƒ20:- which he promised to give toward the building of the church. Fiat.

The officer, plaintiff, against Pieter Bronck, defendant.
The plaintiff says that having been informed that the defendant, on the 17th of this month, contrary to the ordinance,^[2] was seen in the woods [ with some Indians ], luring them on and going with them into the village, he has had the defendant summoned to find out the truth of the matter.
Pieter Bronck, the defendant, declares that on the 17th of this month he saw a Christian in the woods with a band of Indians, but does not know where he or the Indians went.
Being asked by the court to give the name of the person, he answers that he is not an informer and will not give the name of the person.
The court orders Pieter Bronck, within the space of twenty-four hours, under die penalty of fifty guilders, to give the name of the person or to take an oath that he does not know the person.

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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.