A Brief History of De Gelderse Blöm

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Subject: Re: Your kind reply
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 22:44:01 +0000 ()
From: Charles Gehring
To: "Christopher H. Wynkoop"
Dear Mr. Wynkoop,

We have found out the following from notarial record 1096/286-287 (film no. 1282) in the Gemeente Archief of Amsterdam (taken from a transcription of the original): The notarial record concerns a contract dated 20 March 1651, signed by Cornelis Eevertsz Wijnkoop (actual signature in the original), in which he is to cross to New Netherland with the ship Geldersse Blom, where he will be employed in construction, cultivation, woodcutting, and tobacco planting; he is 24 years' old from the neighborhood of Wijck (oom?) in the land of Eeden (probably Ede, west of Arnhem). The contract is for 3 years at 125 guilders annually. His passage, food and drink were all gratis.

I hope that this helps for the time being; we are still working on his place of origin.

Charles Gehring

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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 01:25:14 -0700
From: "Christopher H. Wynkoop"
To: wynkoop-list@prlink.com
Subject: Re: Lasts and Galjoots

Koen wrote:

Skipper was Cornelis Coenraets. van Kampen. From GAA, Not.Arch. 65/155v, 1651 February 25, notary J. Fr. Bruijningh. Here it is spelled Gelderse Bloem (Flower of Gelderland, bet you that the Rensselaers were from Gelderland, too! Coming to think of it, that might explain some things ..). Wouter van Twiller represented the owners. Commies were Gerrit Vastrick & Jan van Twiller. The ship was a 'galjoot, 60-70 last', don't know how big that is.

    I finally found a definition for the term "Last", as mentioned above. This comes from Websters Third New International Dictionary, copyright 1961, G. & C. Merriam, Co., page 1274:

5. last\"\n -s [ME, unit of weight, load, fr. OE hlaest, load; akin to MD last load, OHG hlast, derivative fr. the root of OE hladen to load--more at lade]: any of several greatly varying units of weight, capacity, or quantity, as a: a unit of weight equal to about 4,000 pounds b: an English unit of capacity for grain equal to 10 quarters or 80 bushels c: a unit of quantity for herring equal to 13,200, 10,000 or 20,000 fish.

(ME - Middle English, MD - middle Dutch, OHG - Old High German, OE - Old English)

    Websters defines a galjoot in the following way:

gal-li-ot or gal-i-ot \'galeat, -e,at\ n -s[in sense 1, fr. ME galiote, fr. MF, fr. ML galeota, dim. of galea galley, MGk; in sense 2, fr. D galjoot, fr. MD galiote, fr. MF galiote -- more at GALLEY] 1: a small swift galley formerly used in the Mediterranean and moved both by sails and oars 2: a long narrow light-draft Dutch merchant ship carrying a mainmast and a jigger with a mainsail having a long foot and short gaff

    I can't say that I still know how big that makes the Geldersse Bloem, since it all seems to depend on the kind of cargo she was carrying.

    There you have it, definitions with no definite answers.

Enjoy,

Chris

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Subject: [NOVA-SCOTIA-L] Re: [LL] tons of hay
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 22:36:54 -0700
From: David Conrad
To: "Tom Chan" ,
LUNEN-LINKS-L@rootsweb.com, "Nova-Scotia-L@rootsweb.com"

Hi Debbie,

A ton is usually thought of as a weight of 2000 pounds. The tonnage of a ship however is usually in volume. (a) A unit of internal capacity for ships equal to 100 cubic feet -- called also a register ton. (b) A unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater used in reckoning the displacement of ships and equal to 35 cubic feet (c) A unit of volume for cargo freight usually reckoned at 40 cubic feet -- called also measurement ton. Gross tons is the total tonnage of a ship. Net tons is the amount of cargo it can hold.

Hope this helps.

...Dave

Source:

New Netherland Roots, by Gwenn F. Epperson, 1994, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD., ISBN: 0-8063-1400-1, Appendix A, page 110: "The Dutch Ancestry of the Van Barkello Family in Early Kings County, New York; in the Netherlands" by Hendrik O. Slok, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 115, October 1984, Number 4

"... from Amsterdam by boat to the Isle of Texel where the ship de Trouw was anchored to await favorable winds, and left there on 24 March 1662, crossed the North Sea to the south of England, then by southern or winter route crossing the Atlantic just north of Bermuda, then past the coast of Virginia and north to New York (Nieuw Nederland). Such voyages usually took from 6 to 8 weeks.

Source:

A Guide to Dutch Manuscripts Relating to New Netherlands in United States Repositories, Charles Gehring, editor, University of the State of New York, New York State Library, Albany, N.Y., 1978

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Geldersche Blom goods to New Netherland 217
Account of supplies furnished to settlers from goods brought over in the ships Geldersche Blom and Prins Willem

1652-1656 7079, Box 13 (New York State Library)

Source:

Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, being the letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and other documents relating to the colony of Rensselaerswyck, translated and edited by A. J. F. Van Laer, Archivist, Albany, University of the State of New York, 1908.

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Settlers of Rensselaerswyck
1630-1658

    Jeremius van Rensselaer; sailed from Holland by de Gelderse Blom, Aug. 4, 1654; returned to Holland by den Beer, Oct. 28, 1655, and sailed the second time from Amsterdam by den Otter, shortly after June 14, 1656. He succeeded his brother, Jan Baptist van Rensselaer as director of the colony, Sept. 24, 1658, and held that office till his death in 1674. According to his own statement in a letter to his mother, he married Maria, daughter of Oloff Stevensz van Cortlant, July 12, 1662; in the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New York, his marriage is entered under date of April 27, 1662.

Source:

Gehring, Charles T., (Translated and Edited by), "New Netherland Documents Series", Correspondence 1647-1653, Syracuse University Press, Albany, 2000:116.

[11:31]

    [Letter from the Directors at Amsterdam to Director General Petrus Stuyvesant]

    [several lines lost]
[ untimely departure [ ] supracargo Niclaes [ ] these accompanying detailed letters [ ] could be sent by the ship de Bontekoe, skippered by Willem Thomasz, [ ] sailed from Texel [ ] days, and because it could easily happen, not knowing the whereabouts of the aforesaid ship de Bontekoe, which only had a few hours of favorable wind while running out, so that this ship, de Gelderse Bloem, or 't Hof van Cleef, skippered by Adriaen Bloemart, may arrive sooner in New Netherland; therefore, I have sent copies in both of them, or in short, signed letters and bills of lading of de Bontekoe for your honor's information. All further communications are going with het Hof van Cleef, which your honor might gladly receive, if it arrives first, and shall learn about great secret turn of events. Done at Amsterdam, this April 1, 1651.

Your obedient servant,
Q. P. van Seventer
1651

Source:

New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch Volume III: Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1648-1660, Translated and Annotated by Arnold J. F. Van Laer, edited with Added Indexes by Kenneth Scott and Kenn Stryker-Rodda, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1974, LC 73-14890, ISBN: 0-8063-0586-X

Pages 289-290:

Bond of Claes van Elslant for any claim the West India Company may have on goods shipped in the Gelderse Blom

    [90c] Before me, Jacob Kip, clerk appointed here, appeared Claes van Elslant, inhabitant and court messenger here, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses declared that he constituted himself surety as principal for any duties due by Anderias Johannes Kristman for Elisabet Dircksen on three cases, marked ED, consigned by Elisabet Dircksen to Joost Gerritsen in the ship De Gelderse Blom, and for the claim which the honorable fiscal in the name of the West India Company have on said goods, binding his person and property as security therefor, without any exception, subject to all courts, tribunals and judges. Thus done and executed in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, this 31st of July Ao, 1651, in New Amsterdam,
Claes Van Elslant, Court messenger
Willem Vestyesn
J. Montenge junjor} witnesses

                              Acknowledged before me,
                                                     Jacob Kip, Clerk

Pages 308-309:
Power of attorney from Juriaen Andriessen to Cornelis Coenraetsen to receive money due him by the West India Company.

    [96a] Before me, Jacob Kip, appointed clerk here, appeared Juryaen Andriesen, at present skipper on the honorable Company's ship Prins Willem, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses declared that he appointed and empowered, as he does hereby appoint and empower, Cornelis Coenraetsen, skipper on the ship De Gelderse Blom, at present about to depart for the fatherland, in the principal's name to collect, demand, procure and receive from the honorable directors at the chamber of Amsterdam certain moneys due him earned by the principal in the service of their honors as shown by the account thereof and upon receipt thereof to execute a discharge, which shall serve their honors as proof of good payment, the principal promising that he will hold valid whatever shall be transacted and performed by the said Cornelis Coenraetsen or his substitute in the matter aforesaid. Thus done and executed this 19th of September 1651, at Manhatans in New Netherland.

Jurian Andriesen
W. Hoogstraten, witness
F. Janssen Outhout, invited as witness

Source:

Gehring, Charles T., (Translated and Edited by), "New Netherland Documents Series", Correspondence 1647-1653, Syracuse University Press, Albany, 2000:207, 208.

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[11:83]

    [Letter from the Directors in Amsterdam to Director Stuyvesant]

[1653, June 6th]

    [Honorable, Worshipful, Pious, Dear, and Faithful.]
[Our last to you] dated the 13th of December 1652 [by the ship] called Elbing and was sent off alone and suddenly [with a quantity of munitions, a list of which is enclosed] in order to inform your honor there about the English war, by which we could only answer in part your honor's letters [and accompanying documents] of the 14th and 20th of September 1652 received with the ships de Romeyn, Thuys te Breda and Gelderse Blom, and since, praise God, the small ship St. Michiel has safely arrived here, to which we received your honor's letter dated 19 November following thereon, therefore, we shall answer thie same as well and principally the remaining points of your honor's previous letters as succinctly and substantively as possible.

    [More...]

Page 208:

    We have seen that your honor, upon the petition of those of Fort Orange and Colonie Rensselaerswijck, has had to wink at the placard concerning contraband goods. Your honor will do well to do so sparingly, and to take care that not a larger quantity of munitions is sold to the Indians through such connivance than each one needs for the provision of his household and with which to pursue a livelihood, that this savage and barbarian nation at no time turn these weapons against us and attack us there. We understand with regret that smugglers and greedy persons have already provided all too many of them.. Strict attention must therefore be paid to this in the future and the fiscal carefully instructed to board and inspect the arriving ships and cargoes, and to prosecute such smugglers and illicit dealers strictly in accordance with the aforesaid placards without mercy.

    [More...]

Page 217:

    Whereas the ship the Gelderse Blom, owned or freighted by Wouter van Twiller, while tied up here, had taken on illegally a number of kegs of gunpowder, the inspectors of the harbor, suspecting such, seized the same as it was on its way out to Texel, so that they have not escaped without loss. However, Wouter van twiller plays the innocent, and the skipper and his pilot have [eaten the cheese. There are undoubtedly on board this ship still other contraband goods and we deem it therefore advisable to inform you hereof, that you request and direct] the fiscal to be very strict in his inspection when the ship arrives and is being discharged to that such smugglers may be prosecuted and punished according to the ordinances as an example to others.
Amsterdam, this
6th of July 1653
Herewith, Esteemed, honorable, pious,
beloved and faithful, we commend
your honor to God's protection.

Your honor's good friends
te directors of the West India Company
chamber at Amsterdam
A. Pater
Eduard Man

The enclosures go with the Company's ship the Coninck Salomon.

[ADDRESSED:] Esteemed, honorable, pious, beloved,
faithful, the honorable director general
Petrus Stuyvesant and
councilors in New Netherland.

Source:

New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch Volume III: Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1648-1660, Translated and Annotated by Arnold J. F. Van Laer, edited with Added Indexes by Kenneth Scott and Kenn Stryker-Rodda, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1974, LC 73-14890, ISBN: 0-8063-0586-X

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Deposition of Douwe Huydes that Marynus Luccassen sold a quantity of merchandise to skipper Low.

    [127c] Douwe Huydes from Driels, aged about 25 years, attests and declares in place and with promise of a solemn oath that it is true and truthful that Marynus Lucassen in his presence sold to skipper Low, before the Gelderse Blom arrived here, a certain quantity of merchandise, amounting to 13 1/2 beavers, on condition that they were to be paid before the departure of the first ships for Holland, which he promises to confirm on oath if necessary and requested to do so. This day, the 23d of December Ao. 1654, at New Amsterdam.
    This is the X mark of Douwke Huydes, carpenter of the ship Abrahams Offerhands
This is the X mark of
Jan Pietersz from Haerlem, witness
    In my presence,
    Cornelis van Ruyven

Source:

Correspondence of Jeremius Van Rensselaer 1651-1674 Translated and Edited by A. J. F. Van Laer, Archivist, Archives and History Department, Albany, The University of the State of New York, 1932.

Page 5:

    Jan Baptist van Rensselaer, the eldest son by the first patroon's second wife, Anna Van Wely, came to the colony in 1651, and the next year succeeded Brant Aertsen Van Slichtenhorst as director of the colony. He returned to Holland in 1658, when he entrusted the directorship to his younger brother, Jeremius.

Page 10:

Bond of Arent Van Curler to Gerrit Vastick
    I, the undersigned, acknowledge that I am duly indebted to Gerrit Vastrick, or the bearer hereof, in the sum of two thousand one hundred and ninety-eight (2198) guilders, fourteen stivers, for merchandise received to my satisfaction, which I promise to pay in July of next year in good merchantable beavers at eight guilders apiece, binding therefor all my property.
    This 28th day of August 1652 in Beverwyck in New Netherland
     A. Van Curler
Endorsed: Correlaer
Geldertsz Bloem

(Note: In handwriting of Gerrit Vastrick signed by Arent Van Curler)

Pages 10-11:

From Jan Baptist Van Rensselaer
[      ] [ ] and condition [ ] war in the fatherland can [ ] many went bankrupt, but I hope that it will soon change for the better. I see further that by the Geldersche Blom 9 you are sending some cordage which I have not yet received. However it is already sold for fl. 128 and I am sending you 8 beavers on account, as well as 4 beavers for the gun, which are among the other beavers. (More.)

					Your affectionate brother,
					J. B. Van Rensselaer

9. This ship belonged to or was freighted by Wouter Van Twiller. She sailed, in company of the Coninck Salomon, on August 23, 1653, and arrived before New Amsterdam, 24 hours ahead of the other ship, on November 2, 1653. See Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. N. Y., 14:210-11; N. Y. State Hist. Assoc. Quarterly Journal, 1920, 1:101

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Invoices
Amsterdam, July 21, 1654
    Given to Messieurs my cousins, Cornelis van Schel and Jeremius van Rensselaer, the following goods, to take with them in the ship De Gelderse Blom, skipper Symen Claessen vander Graft. The goods are numbered and priced as follows, to be sold to our best advantage.

E No  A  12 yards @ 26 st. a yard ------------------ fl.    15:12
               25 yards of lace, No D @ 2 1/4 st. a yard  2:16:4
               1 ring on 1 hat ---------------------         3:-
           B  1 piece of Rattinet: costs -----------------  10:5
           A  1 piece ditto; costs -----------------------  12:-
           C  3 yards of fine braid @ 50 st. a yard ------   7:10
                                                        ----------
                                                        fl. 55:3:4   
Books
t Leven en Bedryl van Frederick Hendrick Prince van Orange fl.1:10
t Leven en Bedryl van Hendrick de Groote ----------------     -:14
French and Dutch testament ------------------------------     1:10
Het Mercktecken der Salicheyt ---------------------------     -:12
Vondel's Josep ------------------------------------------     -:14
Another book treating of faith --------------------------  -: 6:12
                                                         ---------
                                                       fl. 56:10:0

Pages 14-16:

From Anna Van Rensselaer
[ ] of the same month [ ] died, not long after your departure 17 [ ] we had no idea that he would die, for [only a short time?] before he had said that he must vacate [ ] and make shift with the kitchen [ ]. It was nothing but melancholy that was the matter with him. (More.)
    Amsteldam, December 26, 1654 Your loving Mother

A. V. Rensselaer
Addressed: The Worthy, Pious Jeremias van Rensselaer

17. Jeremias Van Renselaer sailed from Holland in the Gelderse Blom on August 4, 1654.

Pages 38-39:

From Anna Van Rensselaer
    [ ] [The ship De Otter has] not yet [arrived]. 77 I hope that the Lord will preserve her. The 50 beavers will [be delivered to] me by Bestevaer meanwhile, I am already sending on account and in haste [2 cellars] of distilled liquors; one is shipped with a case of shoes [and stockings] in the ship De Geldersche Blom and the other goes in the Bever. 79 (More.)
    Ending herewith, I commend you to God.
    In Amsterdam, December 18, 1656

                                      Your Mother
                                      Anna Van Rensselaer

77. The Otter was wrecked on the English coast
79. See the account of the two cellars of distilled liquors printed below, which was sent by the Geldersche Blom and which is mentioned in the copy of this letter sent by that ship. See also Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt's letter of June 19, 1657.
82. This copy is also among the Rennselaerswyck manuscripts.

Pages 40-41:

Account of Distilled Liquors
Amsterdam, 1656, 1[8? December]
The Widow Renselaer debit for Liqueurs
No. 1    2 bottles of Angelica, 4 5/8 mutchkins @ 28 st. l.  [16:19]
             2 ditto of Princess Cordial, 4 5/8 m. @ 32 st.  [ 7:8]
             2 ditto of Orange Cordial, 4 1/2 m. @ 28 st.    [ 6:6]
             2 ditto of Lime Cordial, 4 7/8 m. @ 28 st.      [ 6:3]
             2 ditto of Gin Cordial, 5 5/8 m. @ 28 st.       [ 6:9]
             2 ditto of Cinnamon Cordial, 4 7/8 m. @ 2 fl.   [ 9:6]
             2 ditto of Annisette, 7 1/4 m. @ 28 st.         [ 5:3]
		For the cellar -----------------------------------------
                                                           1 [ 2:-]

No. 2    2 bottles of Angelica, 4 1/4 mutchkins           fl.6:[13:  ]
             2 ditto of Princess Cordial, 4 1/4 m.        7:[12: ]
             2 ditto of Orange Cordial, 4 7/8 m.          6:[16 1/2]
             2 ditto of Lime Cordial, 4 7/8 m.            6:[16 1/2]
             2 ditto of Cinnamon Cordial, 4 5/8 m.        9:[10  ]
             2 ditto of Gin Cordial, 4 1/4 m.             6:[13  ]
             2 ditto of Annisette, 7 5/8 m.               10:[13 1/2]
		For the cellar total ------------------------------------
                                                     fl. 66: [14 1/2]

             6 pairs of shoes @ 2 fl. 4 st.         16:[4]
             1 pair of boots                        14:
             1 pair of spurs                       [ 1:6]
             [2 pairs of silk] stockings  .         19:-]
             [1 piece of black] armozine ribbon [   18:-]

To Jan Thomassen Van Wely
    Jan Thomassen Van Wely
    Dear cousin salute! I duly received your letter of the 18th of December, but the little case containing your goods I have not received. You write that it was shipped in the ship De Gelderse Blom, but the skipper Symen Clasen, says that he has not seen it and that it did not come on board. What there is to it I do not know. It was not in the two other ships, De Bever and De Vergulde Beer, either, for I came down here to the Manhatans to inquire about it and I examined the mates lists, but did not find the mark, so that you must find out what has become of it. (More.)
    Nothing more for the present but my greetings to yourself and your cousin Gerret Cock: Commending you to the mercy of God, I remain,

					Your willing servant

Pages 51-52:

To Anna Van Rensselaer
[June 25, 1657]
    Juffrou Anna Van Rensselaer
    Dear Mother: I duly received your letter of December 5th and the little box, and see that it has pleased the Lord God to take sister Hillegonda out of this world into his eternal joy. (More)
    Your letters of the 18th ditto, with the cellars, I have also received, but the little case with my shoes and boots I have not been able to find. The skipper Symen Classen, says that he has not seen it and that it has not been on board. There is no bill of lading of it, so that I can not put in any further claim for it, unless you have clear proof that it was put on board. In the ship Beever or in the Vergulde Beer it has not been either, for I came down the river for it and examined the mates' lists, but did not find the mark on them. I assume therefore that it came back to Amsterdam, as many goods were sent back from the Texel which the Gelderse Blom could not take on board, as she was too full. (More.)

Pages 52-53:

To Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlandt
Sr. Oleff Stevense van Cortlandt
    Worthy, very discreet good friend:
(More.)
    I would also ask you to be pleased to send to me at the first oportunity the little case of which the bill of lading is enclosed and at the same time to enquire whether the little case which I was to receive by the Gelderse Blom and of which I have heard nothing has arrived later in one of the ships. It was not entered, as it contained only things for my personal use, as you can see from this little invoice. In doing so you will do me a favor and in return I shall be ready to oblige you. (More.)

				Your Honor's willing friend

Pages 73-74

From Guilliaem Momma
[December 17, 1657]
(More.)
    This letter goes by skipper Simon Claessen, who is now master of the ship St. Jan Baptist, which is a large vessel, for we sold the Geldersche Blom. (More.)

					Your willing servant
					Guilliaem Momma

Pages 74-75:

From Maria Momma
    (More.)
    The Gelderse Blom is sold and another ship, which is larger has been [hired] in her place, may the Lord let her sail in safety. Be pleased to assist the skipper Symon Clas a little in getting a cargo and in other matters which may arise. (More.)
    Ending herewith, I commend you, after hearty greetings from myself, your brother and all the friends, to the protection of the Lord God.
    Your cousin Marieia Momma, widow of W. V. Twiller, deceased
December 18, 1657 in Amsterdam
Addressed:
Mr. Jermius Van Renselaer
Residing in the colony of Renselaerwick
By the ship St. Jan Batist
Which God preserve
in the colony of Rennelaerswick
Endorsed: Answered, June 30.

Pages 80-81:

Receipt

    I, the undersigned, acknowledge that I received from the hands of Robbert Vastrick the obligations of the following persons on account of the freighters of the ships Prins Willem and De Gelderse Blom.

One obligation of Arent Van Curler for -------------  fl. 2198:-
One ditto of Jacob Symense Clomp for ---------------       270:-
One ditto of Marten Herpers for ----------------------     286:-
One ditto of Theunis Cornelisz for -------------------     351:-
One ditto of Cornelis Vos for ------------------------     146:17
    The following are for the account of Robbert Vastick
One obligation of Jan Labattie to close his account - fl.  401:-
One ditto of Wouter Albertse for --------------------      429:-
One ditto of Jan Gauw for ---------------------------       64:-
One ditto of Arent Gerrits for ----------------------      240:-
One ditto of Pieter Teunisz for ---------------------      158:18
    This 10th day of August Anno 1657
        In Amsterdam in New Netherland
			Jeremias Van Renselaer

Pages 173-174:

To Guilliaem Momma
    Sr Guilliaem Momma
    Sir: (More.)
    Among [the goods] of your brother-in-law, Wouter Van Twiller, deceased, about which he has written by the Gelderse Blom, there is some hardware for the fiscal, Cornelis Van Thienhoven, for a house, with some nails, which I know were sent to him at the time and for which not a stiver has as yet been paid.
    (More.)
    This 3d of September Ao 1659, by the ship De Bever, Jan Reyersz. van der Beests, Master.

Source:

New Netherland Documents Volume XVII: Curacao Papers 1640-1665, Translated and Edited by Dr. Charles T. Gehring, transcribed and Edited by Dr. J. A. Schiltkamp, Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, New York, 1987, LC 86-33572, ISBN: 0-932334-78-4

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22 March 1665

To Lucas Rodenburg vice-director on Curacao.
Copy

Honorable etc.

Our last general letter to your honor was sent last year on the 7th of July by way of Nieu Nederlant, of which a copy accompanies this in order that we may refer to its contents. The goods and necessities, which we promised your honor, were dispatched afterwards from here to Nieu Nederland (as can be seen on the accompanying list) aboard the ships De Gelderseblom and Groote Christoffel. If they have not been unduly delayed, your honor shall have received everything from there.