being present could or might have done; besides wherever the matter demands greater and more special authority than stands expressed in this paper, promising always to hold as good and true whatever shall be done by virtue of this instrument, under pledge of his person and estate. Thus done in Fort Orange, in presence of Gerrit Slichtenhorst and Sacharias Sickels, as witnesses hereto called, on this 21st of August, A. D. 1659, in Fort Orange, in New Netherland. This is the mark of HENDERICK MARTENSE, with his own hand set. Gerrit Slichtenhorst. LA MONTAGNE, Clerk at Fort Orange. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, by the Heer director general and the honorable council of New Netherland, admitted clerk and vice-director at Fort Orange and Village of Beverwyek, resident in the aforesaid Fort Orange; Pieter Cornelise, Junior (de jongh), and Cornelis Jacobsen By, traders here, also about to depart together for fatherland, who declare that they have appointed and empowered, as by these presents they do, the honorable Evert Wendel in the subscribers names and for their sakes, to demand, collect, and receive here in New Netherland such outstanding debts as to the subscribers are due, according to bonds and other evidences which serve the same purpose, for their receipts acquittance to pass, and in case of refusal to pay, by law and the rigor of justice to proceed, and for that end, all terms of laws to observe to sentence and extreme execution, also if need be to proceed by arrest against persons and goods, and moreover, to do and perform all things, which the attorney shall think proper, promising at all times to hold as true whatever in the matter aforesaid shall be done by the attorney, provided that the attorney shall be holden when requested, a proper statement and return of his transactions and receipts to make, on pledge of his person and estate. Thus done and passed in Fort Orange, in New Netherland, in the presence of Claes Pieterse and Johannes Provoost, as witnesses hereto invited, on the 22d of August, A. D. 1659. PIETER CORNELISE D'JONGH. LA MONTAGNE, Clerk at Fort Orange. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, Senior, by the Heer director general, etc., Zacharias Sickels Van Weenen, who, in presence of the afternamed witnesses, declares that he has granted, transferred and assigned to and for the behoof of Reyndert Janssen Hoorn for goods, received to his content and satisfaction, the sum of thirty-six guilders and ten stuivers, to be received in fatherland for his monthly wages and subsistence, which he, on the Island of Curacoa in Fort Amsterdam, in the service of the Heer directors of the privileged West India Company, earned as Adelborst, according to the settlement thereof signed by Rodenbergh and Verellen; further the said Zacharias Sickels Van Weenen, hereby appoints and empowers the lawful holder of this paper to ask, demand and receive said sum of thirty-six guilders and ten stuivers in fatherland from said right honorable directors of the privileged West India Company at the Chamber of Amsterdam, and having received it to pass acquittance therefor, which shall be valid as though it were given by the subscriber himself, moreover to do and perform all things, in order to obtain the aforesaid sum, which the subscriber, himself being present could or might do; also if the matter demands more special authority than stands expressed in this paper, promising to all times to hold good and true whatever by virtue of this paper shall be done, under pledge of his person and estate. Thus done in Fort Orange, in presence of Lowies Cobussen and Johannes Provoost, as witness hereto called, on this 28th of August, A. D. 1659. SACHARYAS SEECKELSE. Ludovicus Cobes. Johannes Provoost, witness. Acknowledged before me, LA MONTAGNE, Clerk in Fort Orange. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne in the service of the General Privileged West India Company etc., on the date underwritten in presence of the after named witnesses, the Honorable Dirk Dirkse Keyser and Walraeff Pieterse Claerfout, who declare that they have appointed and empowered, as by these presents they do, the Honorable Philip Pieterse Schuyler in the subscribers' names and for their sakes to demand and receive all such outstanding debts as are due to these subscribers, here in Fort Orange in New Netherland, according to bonds and other evidences which serve the like purpose; for receipts acquittance to pass, and in case of refusal, payment to exact with law and rigor of justice to sentence and extreme execution; also to proceed by arrest against persons and estates, and further all things to do and perform, which the attorney shall think proper, promising to hold good and true all that the attorney shall do in the matter provided that he shall be holden when requested to make a proper statement and return of his transactions and returns, on pledge of their persons and estates. Thus done in Fort Orange in presence of Zacharias Sickels and Johannes Provoost as witnesses hereto invited on this 28th of August, A.D. 1659. Zacharyas Seeckelse. Acknowledged before me, DIRCK DIRCKSE KEYSER, LA MONTAGNE Clerk at Fort Orange. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne in the service of etc., in presence of the afternamed witnesses, Philip Pieterse Schuyler who declares 1 Adelborst, a gentleman soldier, something more than a common soldier. In another place he called corporal. that he has received of Dirck Dirckse Keyser, and taken for safe keeping the following obligations for all which he is attorney. Rutger Jacobsen, one of 38, and another of 32 beavers. Jurrian Teunisse [Glasemaeker] an obligation of 22 beavers. Jan Verbeeck one ditto of 27 beavers. Pieter Adriaensen Soegemackelyck one ditto amounting to 7 beavers. Anderies Herbertsen, an obligation of 28 beavers. Jacob Tyssen Vander Heyden, one ditto of 163 beavers. Broer Cornelis [Antonissen Van Slyck,] one ditto of 33 beavers. Geurt Hendrickse [Van Schoonhooven,] one ditto of 3 beavers. Which foregoing obligations said Philip Pieterse, the subscriber promises to restore again to the aforesaid Dirck Dirckse Keyser, or a settlement thereof to make so soon as he [Keyser] returns from fatherland, for which he binds his person and estate movable and immovable, present and future, putting the same in subjection to all laws and judges. Done in Fort Orange, the 29th of August, A. D. 1659, in presence of Jan Barensen [Wemp], and Johannes Provoost, as witnesses hereto invited, on this 29th of August, A. D. 1659. Jan Barensen. Johannes Provoost, witness. Acknowledged before me, PHILIP PIETERSE SCHUYLER. LA MONTAGNE, Clerk in Fort Orange. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, by the Heer director general and council of New Netherland, admitted, etc., at the date underwritten, in presence of the afternamed witnesses, Mr. Joannes Dyckman, assisted by Maria Bosyns, his wife, who declares that he has appointed and empowered as he by these presents does empower the honorable Cryn Pieterse Van Seventer, bookkeeper of the general privileged West India Company at the Chamber of Amsterdam, in the subscriber's name and for his sake to enquire for and demand all such claims as are due to them by way of the estate left by Aeltien Poulus Root, widow of Joris Dyckman, father and mother of the subscriber and in said enquiry and demand, to act according to law and as though the subscribers were present, promising to hold as good and true all that the attorney in said matter shall do, under a pledge of his person and estate, real and personal. Thus done in Fort Orange, in New Netherland, in presence of Adriaen Janse Van Leyden and Arent Janse, as witnesses hereto invited, on the 3d of September, A. D. 1659. A. Janse Van Leyden. Acknowledged before me, JOANNES DYCKMAN. LA MONTAGNE, Clerk at Fort Orange. Appeared before me Joannes La Montagne etc., on the date under written in the presence of the after named witnesses, the Honorable Volckert Janse [Douw] burgher of said Village of Beverwyck, master (heerschap) of the Bouwery lying in the Colony of Rencelarswyck, who declares that he has appointed and empowered, as by these presents he does, the Honorable Paulus Schrick, merchant at Hartford (Herfort) in New England in his name and for his sake in New England or elsewhere, to enquire after Pieter Pieterse Lassen1 and Willem Symonse, both his servants according to contracts, which aforesaid servants have run away from here, the aforesaid servants having found to bring or send to their master the subscriber aforesaid and hand over to him; and there. fore should the necessity demand it, the attorney is authorized to substitute one or more persons in his place to recover by law the said servants and in said matter to act as though the subscriber was himself present, promising moreover to hold good and true all that the attorney in the matter shall do, on pledge of his person and estate. Thus done in Fort Orange, in presence of Mr. Jacob De Hinse and Johannes Provoost, as witnesses hereto invited, on this 21st of September, A. D. 1659. J. De Hinse. Johannes Provoost, witness. Acknowledged before me, VOLKERTT JANSE. LA MONTAGNE, Clerk at Fort Orange. Conditions on which the Heer clerk and the Messrs. commissaries of Fort Orange and Village of Beverwyck desire to farm out to the highest bidder the slaughter excise for the time of one year. The farming of the said slaughter excise shall begin on the first of October, of the year 1659, and end on the last day of September, A. D. 1660. The farmer shall receive for the slaughtered beasts (for every one, except those of the Minister and Heer Renselaer), whether ox, cow, calf, bull, hog, goat and sheep, for every guilder, of the value of the same, one stuiver, in case of any dispute to be valued by impartial persons. The farmer becomes holden to furnish two sufficient sureties to the content of the Messieurs contractors for the excise Money, a just fourth part of the same to be paid every quarter year in good current seewant, and if the farmer can not furnish sufficient sureties, it shall be offered again at his cost and expense, and whatever less it comes to be worth, he shall be holden to make good, and whatever more it comes to be worth shall afford no profit to him. After offering the slaughter excise for sale on the above conditions, it was stopped at six hundred and forty guilders; the Messieurs contractors coming together again came to an agreement respecting it with Marcelis Janse [Van Bommel], who, by private contract, has accepted said excise from the Messieurs contractors, according to the aforesaid conditions, for the sum of seven hundred guilders and for the payment of said sum offered Rutger Jacobsen and Henderick Anderiesen [Van Doesburgh] as sureties and principals to the content of the Messieurs contractors, on a pledge of 1 Pieter Pieterse Lassingh, in company with Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick, in 1675, bought the brewery of Harmen Rutgers, standing on the east half of the Exchange lot.- Deeds, I, 264. Subsequently he sold his half to Sybrant Goose Van Schaick.- Annals of Albany, x, 60. their persons and estates, real and personal, present and future, submitting the same to the force of all laws and judges. Done in the village of Beverwyck, the first of October, A. D. 1659. MARCELYS JANSEN. Acknowledged before me, RUTGER JACOBSEN. JOHANNES PROVOOST, Clerk. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, etc., on the date underwritten, in presence of the afternamed witnesses, Ryck Riddersen, late a soldier, who declared that he had granted, transferred and assigned to and for the behoof of the honorable Elmerhuysen Cleyn, for goods to his content and satisfaction received, the sum of one hundred and forty-one guilders and nineteen stuivers, to be received for his monthly wages and subsistence, which he, at Fort Orange, in New Netherland, in the service of the honorable directors of the privileged West India Company, has earned as a soldier; moreover the said Ryck Riddersen or the lawful holder of this paper, hereby, authorizes said sum of one hundred and forty-one guilders and nineteen stuivers, to be called for, demanded and received at Amsterdam, in New Netherland, at the treasury of the same, and being received to pass acquittance therefor, which shall be valid as though it was granted by the subscriber himself; further to do and perform all things for the receiving of said sum, which the subscriber himself being present might or could do, and if the matter should demand greater and more special authority than is herein expressed, promising to hold the same as good and true at all times, whatever shall be done by virtue of this paper, under pledge of his person and goods. Thus done in Fort Orange, in the presence of Sacharias Sickels and Johannes Provoost, as witnesses hereto invited, on the 4th of October, A. D. 1650. This is the mark of + RYCK RIDDERSEN, with his own hand set. Johannes Provoost, witness. Acknowledged before me, LA MONTAGNE, Clerk in Fort Orange. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, etc., on the date underwritten, in the presence of the afternamed witnesses, Zacharias Sickels Van Weenen, corporal of the honorable company, who declared that he had granted, transferred and assigned to and for the behoof of the honorable Goosen Gerritse [Van Schaick], for goods to his content and satisfaction received, the sum of forty-eight guilders, to be received from his monthly wages and subsistence, which he, at Fort Orange, in the service of the honorable company has earned as corporal; further, said Sacharias Sickels, or the lawful holder of this, hereby authorizes said sum of fortyeight guilders to be asked for, and received at Amsterdam, in New Netherland, at the treasury of the same, and being received to pass acquittance therefor, which shall be valid as though given by the subscriber himself; futher to do and perform all things for the receipt of said sum, which he, the subscriber, being present, could or might do; also if the matter should require more special authority than is expressed in this paper, promising |