Document: Proceedings of the court of the Nine men: Actions of debt

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Hendryck Gillisz against Jacob Swart [ ]

Paulus Schrick against Jacob van Curlaer [ ] ; the plaintiff requests payment for goods delivered to the defendant amounting to f60, 13 stivers. The aldermen order the defendant to pay [ ] in specie within two months from today.

Jacob van Curlaer against Susan Breser, defendant; the defendant defaults.

Hendrick Willemsen, plaintiff, against L. van Dincklagen, defendant; the plaintiff requests the sum of f44 for bread.

The aldermen order the plaintiff to prove the debt at the next [ ] ; the defendant defaults.

The wife of Isaack Forest against Lubbert van Dincklagen; the defendant defaults.

Adriaen Leyser against Frantsois Fyn, defendant; the plaintiff requests that the defendant be questioned by interrogatories whether he acknowledges [ ] or denies [ ] .

The defendant says that he has never lied to the plaintiff, which he [ stated ] in the aforesaid interrogatory.

Jan Gerritsen came to the meeting and complained of the attachment made on the goods sold by Christman, of which [ ] the aldermen consider the attachment valid.

The honorable director at the session of the council [ ] the aldermen for the [ ] misbehavior and misdeeds of Hendryck van [ Dyck ] [ ] fiscal of New Netherland [ ] the aforesaid lord general remonstrates [ ] the privileges of his lords superiors [ ] of the aforesaid [ ] to obey [ ] and office, and to settle his accounts, which have been determined today with the knowledge of the honorable council and [ ] aldermen. [ ] underwritten Hendryck van Dyck is discharged from [ ] service and summoned by the honorable [ ]

Thus done [ ] , 28 March 1652.