Document: Evidence of Dirck van Schelluyne in the case of the fiscal against David Ferara

At a session, present: the lord director general Petrus Stuyvesant and the lords councilors, J. La Montagne.

Dirck van Schelluyne is asked whether he informed the Jew, Davidt de Ferera, that he should bring the trunk with goods in question to the marshal’s house? He answered, no, but that the aforesaid Jew asked to sell the goods in question himself and to have a carter bring the trunk to his house in his absence, being in his business at the house of De Jonge, where the aforesaid Jew came to him, speaking through an interpreter, to let Schelluyne know that he had the trunk with clothing brought to his house, demanding payment at once for that which was owed him. Whereupon he, Schelluyne, answered that he would [ help ] him to his money in a day or two. The Jew said through the interpreter that he must have the money at once, otherwise he would have to have the goods fetched again, which the Jew had done immediately, although Dirck van Schelluyne warned him not to do so, and protested to him that the Jew had the trunk with clothing brought to the house of Dirck van Schelluyne and taken back without Dirck van Schelluyne having seen the trunk. Thus declared by Dirck van Schelluyne at the session. Present as stated above. Held in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 26th of July anno 1656.