Document: Order on the petition of Claes Pietersen, smith, for remuneration of services

At the session, the petition of Claes Pietersz Smit having been submitted and read, in which he remonstrates how he, petitioner, has worked in the service of the honorable Company, both on the South River as well as here, since the year 1651, and also has made some deliveries, for which he is still due the sum of f256:16, in addition to payment or compensation for three snaphances. Requesting that payment therefore shall be forthcoming.

After due deliberation it was so decided: if the petitioner has proof of the particulars, and where he left the firearms that were at his house when Fort Casamier was taken over, it shall be considered further, upon his request. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, ady ut supra, 18 January 1656.

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