Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 16-20 June 1645

Court proceedings. Rouloff Jansen vs. Jan Smeets, for delivery of a house; defendant pleads intoxication, and says he knows nothing of the transaction; referred to arbitration. [1645];Declarations. Of the guard stationed outside the fence, on the Great Highway, in front of Jan Damen's house, on Manhattan island, as to his having challenged certain parties who approached, and having wounded one of them. [1645]