70    Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663






              Liber B B power) confirming all Whatsoeur hee the sd S!ye shall doe or cause
                     to bee done in or about the ptmises. Wittnes my hand & Seale the
                      day of May Ano 1662, in St Maries County in the prouincc of
                    Maryland.                pr mc Joseph Swett Seale
                      Signed Sealed & Deliucred
                       in pmncc of
                         Tho:     Gerard Thomas Nottley.

              TranslaOn I under writtned Samuel Smith acknowledge to bee indebted unto
                     ffrederik Gisbertson the quantity of Thirtccnc hundd pownds of Tob,
                     in Considcraon of 135 ells of Linnen Cloath att 10l pt ell, att my
                     contentmt. Receaued of him moreour Eleaucn hundd pownd, & nine
                     & Twenty pownds of Tob for six peices of silk damask & some
                     wampom att my full contentmt rcccaued of him Gisbertson aforesd.
                     Wherefore I doe promise to deliucr & pay tW sd Tob unto him or his
                   Attorney att Contentmt att Amsterdam in the New Netherlands,
                    Aliso one assignaOn of Capt Jacob wch I accept to pay as aforesd
                    Amounting to the sume of ffowre hundd Gilders att six pence pt
              38I2l Tob.     pownd, Amounting all together the suthc of 3812l Tob, to bee de
                     liuered under!and as unto the Lawes. Acted Amsterdam in the New
                     Netherlands this 6th of Septembr 1660 Signed Sam: Smith
                      I undcrwrittncd acknowledge to bee indebted unto John Gilles the
                     Yowng the quantity of ffiucteene hundd one & Thirty pownds good
                     Tob. for 1 198l Nyeles & moreour Three hundd as ttcn pownd for
                     69 sueds bills receaued of him att my full contcntmt Doe hereby
              I84Il Tob.     promise to pay the sd Eightccne hundd pownds one & fowrty pownds
                     of Tob. in the next Springe undcrbare, as unto the Lawes. Acted
                     Amsterdam in the New Netherlands this Septembt 1660
                                                  Signed Sam: Smith

                      Mr Samue! Smith please to pay unto ffrederik Gisbertson the tenor
                     of this Bill & this shall bee yor discharge adij 19th March 1662, att
                     Amsterdam in the New Netherlands.
                                           Was signed Jan Gilles dc yong
                      This is a true Translaon of the aboue Bills
                                   quod attestor Salomon Zachary Not PubI.

                     To the honble the Gouernor & Councell
                      The Petn of ffrederick Gisberson Humbly Sheweth
                      That whereas Samuel Smith att the time of his Decease stood in
                     debted to yor Petr Thirty Eight hundd & Tweluc pownds of Tob
                     & Cask by specialty, & noe part thereof satisfyed, Yor Pctt humb!y
                [p. 108]     Craues that this honble Court passe order for one Thowsd pownds
                     of Tob & Cask to bee payd to yor Petr out of the Debts still due to
                     the Estate of the sd Deceased towards his satisfaction, & hee shall
                     as in duty bownd pray &c: