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archieftoegang 30452, inventarisnummer 883, pagina 128

Mun. Arch. Amsterdam no. 943
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questconed the said Jacob Gerritsz with faire words
where he did not have sometting against his master
whereupon, when Jacob Gerritsz Knew nothing to the discre
dit of his master (which was the truth) the aforesaid
commander had beaten him unmercifully about the face.
Item: that the Walloons had mentioned the corn sown, being
the common property of the principal and themselves,
refusing to sell the principal even one schepelt for
cash. Finally he, the witness testities that the afore-
said commander tegether with one Symen Pietersz Pos,
commis of victuals, had called the principal's credit
to collect victuals and out him off, for certain precnant
reisons alleging that the debt of the principal was too
great, although the principal's credit had not been
cancelled or had he been recolled homme; the which he,
witness, having seen and observe this, was obliged for
charity's sake to guarantee for the principal to the
uncunt of 115 guilders 18 stivers, so that he should not
perish of hunger with wife and children, as he, the witnes
can prove from his account at all times. The aforemen-
tioned Abraham Pietersz testities that the mil of the
principal ran lighter asthe Company's mill, also that
the Company's mill jolted more than the principal's mill.
Testities further that the said Jacob Gerritsz compliment
to him that the aforesaid commander had beaten him so
unmercifully about the face, vouing that he would require
the said commander (upon his Diuturn homme), since he was
not in his service. Actum in Amsterdam, Claes Duijnhelm
and Pieter Scharp, painter, being present as witnesses of
good faith for the above.
(To this deed was attached the following original);
the 17th of July, 1632. At the request of Franchoijs
Veersaerd, mill builder, formerly of New Netherland.
't= about * (three Quarters) of a bushel.