Report of Committee on Historical Tablet 29 



" [Account of Melyn vs. Van der Capellen] 

 The Hon. Lord Debit 



1. By appraisal of arbitrators is to pay for 



the barn, rick, well, palisades, etc. and 



guardhouse etc. the amount of guilders 1500. 



2. For 6^ Morgen (13 acres) of clear land. . " 650. 



3. For post rails, according to the decision of 



arbitrators " 171 :8 



4. For the Cattle, as per the Contract " 800. 



5. Also according to account as sent to His 



Honour on Sept. 18th, 1651 for what I 

 have advanced for His Honor's Farmers . . " 1395-3:8 

 Bill delivered this 15 December 1652, to 

 Mr. Lubartes Van Dincklagen and 

 Jabock Van Couwenhoven for advances 

 made to this date to the said farmers. . . " 430^9 



4948:0:8 



[Melyn vs. Van der Capellen] 

 Credit 



1. For as much as he has paid to me in 



Fatherland in 1650, as appears in the 



Contract guilders 1200. 



2. For two pairs of plough oxen, ordered in 



my account, sent on Sept. i8th, 1651 " 400. 



guilders 1600. 



3. Dec. 13th 1652 for an assignment drawn 



on the said date to the charge of the 



said Lord " 600. 



guilders 2200: 



4. Balance of the present account guilders 2748:8 



guilders 4948:8 



5. Note that the 280 wagon loads of manure 



have not been considered in the account 

 of the arbitrators but have been left to 

 the discretion of the Hon. Lord by me 

 Cornelis Melyn. 



This account is endorsed in English : " L. Capelle acct. wch. he 

 owes Cornelius Melyen." Though the account mentions neither 

 the name of the debtor nor the locality on account whereof the 



