Document: Judgment against Jacob Jansen Huys for debt due the company

[several lines lost] damage suffered by him [ ] fatherland, was moved against him [ ] small ship the Nieu Nederlantse Fortuijn [ ] was, for which all orders [ ] was answered that the said ship was not sold by the director general and councilors to him, but to Captain Tomas Willet, so that this is none of his business. The defendant, answering for the second time, says that he took over ¼ part of the ship from Captain Tomas Willet, and that therefore he has a right to demand the damage suffered. The director general and councilors, having heard the parties, order the defendant to pay his debt. Regarding the claim to the damage he says to have suffered by the ship the Nieu Nederlantse Fortuijn, he can summon his seller for that.

And whereas the plaintiff said that he was told that the defendant (being skipper of the galiot), coming in the South River, likely will be sent from there to Virginia, and therefore requests immediate payment, the honorable lord director general put himself up as principal surety for the defendant, and promises to pay the sum demanded within two months, if the defendant does not pay within that time. Dated as above.

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