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guilder according to the value of the same, to wit, what is purchased for beavers shall give twenty stuivers in seewant for a beaver, and in case of dispute to be determined by an indifferent person. The farmer shall be holden to furnish two sufficient sureties as principals for the payment of the excise money, to the content of the Heer contractors, and in the time of six weeks from this date he shall pay the just half of the promised sum, and the other half on New Years day, being the first day of January, 1665, old style, in good current seewant, and if the farmer can not furnish sufficient sureties, then it shall be offered for sale again at his cost and charge, and whatever less it comes to be worth he shall make good, and whatever more it becomes worth he shall enjoy no profit therefrom. The farmer shall receive what has been paid in since the first of October new style, for the slaughtered beasts. After offering it for sale according to the above standing conditions, Henderick Rosenboom remained the highest bidder and farmer, for the sum of seven hundred and eighty guilders, for which he offered, as sureties and principals, Jan Tomassen and Evert Janssen Wendel, who pledge their persons and estates, personal and real.

Done in Albany the 27th of September, A.D. 1664.

HENDERYCK ROOSEBOOM.
JAN THOMASSE.
EVERT JANSE WENDEL.

Appeared before me Johannes Provoost by the Heeren commissaries of Albany admitted clerk of their Honors' court, and in the presence of the honorable Gerrit Slichtenhorst and Jan Koster Van Aken chosen witnesses out of their honorable college [court], Volckert Janssen [Douw] and Adriaen Van Ilpendam trustees of the estate of Andries Herbertse, who declares that they have granted and transferred, as by these presents they do grant and transfer, in real and actual possession to and for the behoof of Juriaen Janssen, his heirs or assigns, a house and lot lying in the village of Albany on the hill, adjoining on the south Jacob Schermerhorn, on the north and east the road, on the west the hill; breadth five rods, and length twenty rods, according to patent thereof granted to Gysbert Cornelis Van Wesap of date the 25th of October 1653, which lot said Anderies Herbertsen received by conveyance from Francoys Boom, for which house and lot the grantors acknowledge that they are fully paid and satisfied, and therefore promise to free the same from all actions, claims, or pretensions, which may hereafter arise, pledging therefor their persons and estates, personal and real, present and future, and submitting themselves to the force of all laws and judges. Done in Albany the first of October 1664, old style.

Gerrit Slichtenhorst. Jan Koster.

VOLCKERT JANSE.
ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM.

Conditions according to which the highest officer and the Heeren commissaries of Albany propose, in the name and by the authority of the Heer governor of New York, to farm out to the highest bidder, the excise of all the wines, beers and distilled liquors to be consumed and drawn by the innkeepers, tapsters, and retailers, in and about Albany and the

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colony Rensselaerswyck. The farming shall begin on the 22d day of October, old style, and 1st of November new style, and end on the 22d of October old style, Anno 1565: being the time of 12 months, during which time the farmer may take and receive for all wines, beers, or distilled liquors, to be drawn and consumed by the tapsters and innkeepers, as follows:

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Greater and lesser measures in proportion; in beaver currency or else 16 white or 8 black seewants for a stuiver at the choice of the payer. The farmer shall be holden, to the content of the Heeren contractors, to furnish two sufficient sureties, one for each and all as principals, to pay every three months in beavers, or else in seewant, 16 white or eight black the stuiver, a just fourth part of the promised excise money. To prevent all cavil, misunderstanding and fraud, it is stipulated and agreed that, after the expiration of this farming, when a new farming is made, the new farmer shall be permitted on the day of the new farming, the day following, or at least within three days after the farming is let to make a guaging in presence of the late farmer if he wishes to be present, of the remainders of the wines, beers, and distilled liquors held over by the tapsters and innkeepers, and two-third parts of the receipts or dues for excise is to be made over and returned by the old or preceding farmer to his successor or following farmer. The Heeren contractors reserve to themselves the interpretation and amplification of this paper, and promise the farmer all proper aid and assistance. On the date above written the aforesaid farming being offered for sale, not more than 1000 guilders was offered for it, so Willem Bout on the 22d of October, was accepted? by the highest officer and the Heeren commissaries of Albany at the house of Antony Janse innkeeper, and upon the aforesaid conditions, for the tapster's excise promises to pay twenty-nine hundred guilders, and next Monday to furnish sufficient sureties according to the import of this paper. In accordance with the above written conditions, Harmen Bastiaense and Jan Vinhagen, offered themselves as sureties and principals, on pledge of their respective persons and estates, personal and real, present and future, nothing excepted.

Done in Albany, the 24th of October, 1664.

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Passed in presence of the highest officer [La Montagne] and Heeren commissaries of Albany. *

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LUDOVICUS COBES. *

Conditions according to which the Heeren commissaries of Albany, farm to the highest bidder, the burgher wine and beer excise, for the time of one year. The farming shall begin on the 22d of October, old style, and on the 1st of November, new style of the year 1664, and end on the 22d of October, old style anno 1665. The farmer shall receive for a tun of strong (goet) beer one dollar; for a tun of small beer ten stuivers; for a hogshead of French [wine] six guilders; for an anker of brandy, Spanish wine, or liquor, two guilders at twelve white, and six black seewants the stuiver, and the farmer aforesaid shall not refuse a licence (ceelen) to any burgher, who has been entered upon the burgher excise. The captain shall be free from this burgher excise, and the soldiers shall be free from the excise for small beer, also the preacher's excise shall be free from this farming. The farmer shall be holden to furnish two sufficient sureties, one for all and each as principals, to the content of the Heeren contractors, to pay the aforesaid excise every quarter year, a just fourth part of the whole sum in good strong seewant at twelve white, and six black [seewants] the stuiver, and in case the farmer fail in the aforesaid sureties, said farming shall be offered for sale again at his cost and charge, and whatever less it comes to be worth, he shall make good, and whatever more it becomes worth he shall enjoy no benefit therefrom. The Heer contractors reserve to themselves the interpretation and amplification of these conditions, and promise the farmer proper aid and assistance.

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Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of, etc., Willem Janssen Schut, who declares himself surety for the person of Lucas Eldersen, for the use of a canoe being inquessit (?) with Cornelis Cornelisse and Jan Henderickse Bruyn. In witness of which this is subscribed with his own hand.

Done in Fort Orange the last day of March, A. D. 1661, in presence of Johannes Provoost.

WILLEM JANSSEN.

Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of, etc., Willem Janssen Stoll, at present about to depart for the Esopus, who declares in presence of the afternamed witnesses that he has appointed and empowered, as by these presents he does, Mr. Evert Janssen Wendel, burgher and inhabitant of the village of Beverwyck, in the subscriber's name and for his sake, to demand, collect, and receive from Claes Janssen timmerman [carpenter] certain thirty and a half beavers due to the subscriber, growing out of the purchase of a lot; among which thirty and a half beavers there are twenty-four on which the attorney, is to collect interest for the time of three years at ten per cento; and in case of delay, the payment to urge with law and the rigor of justice to definite sentence and extreme execution; and to proceed also to the arrest of persons and goods, and to do and perform all things which, the subscriber being present could or might do, provided that the attorney be holden to make

a proper exhibit and return of his transactions and receipts on pledge of his person and estate, real and personal.

Thus done in Fort Orange the 20th of April, A.D. 1661, in presence of Eldert Gerbertsen, and J. Provoost.

Elbert Gerbertsen Cruis. Johannes Provoost witnesses. Acknowledged before me,

WILLEM JANSSEN STOL.

LA MONTAGNE, clerk at Fort Orange.

Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of, etc., Elderd Gerbertsen Kruiff, and Willem Janssen Stoll, who declare that they have contracted with each other, that Eldert Gerbertsen shall undertake to perform the contract between him and Claes Hendrickse for the repairing and finishing of the house which the aforesaid Kruiff bought of said Claes Henderickse; to keep an account of expenses which shall be paid according to the liquidation of the parties, and in case he uses more than the money he has in hand amounts to, Willem Janssen Stoll is to pay the excess, whatever less he uses he shall return again to the aforesaid Willem Janssen Stoll.

Thus done in Fort Orange the 20th of April, A.D. 1661, in presence of Evert Wendel, and J. Provoost.

ELBERT GERBERTSE CRUIF.
WILLEM JANSE STOL.

Evert Janse Wendel.

J. Provoost, clerk. Acknowledged before me,

LA MONTAGNE, clerk at Fort Orange.

Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of, etc., the honorable commissaries of said place, who declare that they have granted and transferred, as they do by these presents, in real and actual possession to and for the behoof of Juriaen Teunissen [Glasemacker], his heirs or assigns, a parcel of land lying in the middle of his lot, surveyed and to be used as a highway, in length from the road to the kil, and breadth three rods and four feet, therefore their honors promise him the grantee, to free it from all actions, claims, or pretensions, which may hereafter arise.

Thus done in Fort Orange the 1st of May A.D. 1661.

Acknowledged before me,

ANDRIES HERBERTS.
JAN VERBEECK.

FRANS BARENTSE PASTOOR.
EVERT JANSE Wendel.

LA MONTAGNE, Clerk at Fort Orange.

Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of, etc., in the presence of the honorable Philip Pieterse Schuyler and Adriaen Gerritsen [Papendorp] commissaries etc., Henderick Gerritse [Van Wie], inhabitant of the aforesaid village, who declares that he has granted and transferred as by these presents he does grant and transfer in real and actual possession to and for the behoof of Arent Vandenbergh adelborst

(gentleman soldier) here under the honorable [West India] company, his heirs or assigns, a lot for a garden lying near or behind the aforesaid Fort [Orange], breadth in front on the road four rods two feet and a half, to the south the grantor length eight rods, to the west Jeremias Van Rensselaer breadth four rods, to the north Gerrit Bancker length eight rods, all of such title and ownership as the grantor has possessed, promising the grantee to free it from all actions, claims, or pretensions, which may hereafter arise, on pledge of his person and estate real and personal, present and future subjecting the same to the authority of all laws and judges.

Done in Fort Orange the 10th of May, A.D. 1661.

Philip Pieterse.
Adriaen Gerritse.

HENDERICK GERRITSE.

LA MONTAGNE, Clerk at Fort Orange.

Appeared before me Mattheus De Vosch notary public commissioned by the honorable Heeren director general and council of New Netherland residing [at New Amsterdam] and in the presence of the afternamed witnesses, the honorable Alexander Leendersen [Glen] dwelling in the village of Beverwyck near Fort Orange and acknowledged for himself and his heirs that he, the subscriber, is well and truly indebted to the honorable Mr. Jan Sebastiaensen Van Gutsenhoven, in the sum of nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-three guilders twelve stuivers and eight pennies, growing out of wares and merchandise delivered according to the tenor of the settlement placed in the hands of the subscriber, who declares that he has received all that is mentioned in said account to his content; which aforesaid sum of 9753 guilders 12 stuivers and 8 pennies he, the subscriber, promises and undertakes to pay or cause to be paid to Mr. Jan Sebastiaensen Van Gutsenhoven or his order therefor properly qualified, at the farthest in the month of September next coming, 1661, with good merchantable beaver skins at eight guilders apiece, and for the punctual performance of all the aforesaid, the subscriber pledges his person and all his estate, personal and real, present and future nothing in anywise excepted, wherever it may lie, submitting the same to all laws and judges, promising by these presents to give, or in his name to cause to be given, knowledge of his estate to all counsellers or magistrates, nothing excepted, until the claims aforesaid of said Mr. Jan Sebastiaensen shall be fully paid, under submission as before.

Done in good faith at Amsterdam in New Netherland in presence of Jacques Cortelyou and Harmanus Letschoo inhabitants of this city witnesses, who with the mortgagor have subscribed this paper, this seventh day of May, 1661.

Was subscribed, "this agrees with the original minute quod attestor Mattheus de Vos, Notary Public."

The above written copy was, by me J. La Montagne clerk of Fort Orange and village of Beverwyck, at the request of Mr. Jan Sebastiaensen Van Gutsenhooven, registered in this record, for his service in proper time and place.

Done in Fort Orange the 2d of June, A.D. 1661.

Quod Attestor

Hist. Col. iv.

LA MONTAGNE, Clerk at Fort Orange.

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