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1678/10/30

Pretty, Richard, fl. 1678-1681

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Title: Pretty's complaint against Capt. Salisbury

Pretty complains of assault by Capt. Salisbury, but requests that it be kept from his wife and brother. P.2 records Salisbury's debt to Pretty, and is dated 25 October 1678. Docketed on p.2. Written at Fort James (formerly Fort Amsterdam)

GLC03107.00030

1680/12/07

Pretty, Richard, fl. 1678-1681

Manuscript document signed

Title: Court proceedings discussing Alida Schuyler's assumption of late husbands debts

GLC03107.00054

1679/02/03

Pretty, Richard, fl. 1678-1681

Manuscript document

Title: Declaration to William Abrahamse Smitt [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01902

1681/03/07

Pretty, Richard, fl. 1678-1681

Manuscript document signed

Title: Document [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01903

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