Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
BuRGo;*iASTERs and Schepens having heard at length the demand and complaint of the H^ Officer together with the answer and excuse of the Prisoner, and liaving seen and considered the depositions on both sides, condemn Magister Jacobus fabritius in a fine of fl. 100. for the benefit of the Schout, and he shall merely ask the Court's pardon for the insults and injuries committed against it at divers times although he deserved to be more severely punished : Further their Worships persist by their last rendered judgment between said flfabritius and his Wife Aunetie Cornelissen dated 8^^ June last, with this explanation that said Fabritius shall not presume to come to his said wife without her consent or to give her any trouble : Further, paying the costs incurred herein.
PETITION OF THE ELDERS AND PRINCIPALS
OF THE AUGSBURG CONGREGATION HERE. [Translation.]
To the Rt Honourable & Righteous Lord Edmund Andros Governf General of New York etc. Right Hon^ie and Righteous Lord
The Undersigned Elders and Principals of the Augsburg Congregation here witli due reverence represent that they the Petitioners find to their Sorrow that some of their Congregation have failed to Contribute according to their promise -- firstly, to the sending for and arrival of a Preacher and Secondly, to his Yearly Salary, on which promises they the Petitioners have pledged themselves.
Wherefore the Petitioners are obliged to repair to you Right Honorable, humbly praying that your Honor would be pleased to make such order therein as Your Honor may deem proper. Whicli doing they shall Remain