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Court of Common Pleas Case in the Court of Common Pleas

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04923 Author/Creator: Court of Common Pleas Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1585-1763 Pagination: 1p. + docket 33.4 x 21.0 Order a Copy

Jan Bronk charged Barent Gerritse and Marten van Bergen with the trespass of unlawfully cutting down his pine trees.

Bronk, Jan, fl. 1585
Gerritse, Barrent, fl. 1585
van Bergen, Marten, fl. 1585

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