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Record Id:
032-002058854
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002058854
MDARK:
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Add MS 39292
Title:

PAPERS relating to the Dutch West India Company, circ. 1699-1770, being the manuscript part of a collection acquired by the Department of Printed Books in Jan. 1850. The printed portions are bound in three volumes (press-mark 1324. k. 1-3), and include many memorials, reports and extracts from proceedings of the States-General, States of Holland, Chambers of Amsterdam, Zeeland, etc. The manuscript papers are of a similar character, with the additions of notes, probably made by officials of the company. An original letter signed by seven managers of the Company to the Chamber of the Maas, 19 Oct. 1765, is at f. 176. Dutch. except f. 4, an extract, from the Journals of the English House of Commons, of a representation of the Board of Trade to the Lords Justices, 14 Feb., 11 Will. III [1699]. At the beginning (f. 1) is a list of the papers (18th cent.) " in de Portfeuille van Dott. Pensionaris Bosschaert." It differs in contents and arrangement from their present state. The subjects include :-

West African trade, 1744-1759, etc. passim. Competition of the Middelburg " Commercie Compagnie," 1750-1752, etc. ff. 9-91. Government of, and trade with, Surinam, 1753, 1759. ff. 92-97 b, 144, 145. Sugar refining, 1753. ff. 98, 100. Duties on rice from English colonies, 1765. ff. 156-199. Trade with Essequibo and Demerara, 1768-1770. ff. 200-211.

Paper ff. 211. xviii cent. Folio.

Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.

Scope & Content:

Netherlands, United Provinces: Papers rel. to the Dutch W. India Co.: 1744-1770.: Dutch.: Chiefly copies.

West India Company; Dutch: Papers rel. to: 1744-1770.: Dutch.

Trade and Commerce: Papers rel. to the Dutch West India Co.: 1699-1770.: Dutch.

Dutch MSS: : 18th cent.: Dutch.

includes:

  • f. 4 Trade and Plantations; Board of Commissioners for: Representation to the Lords Justices rel. to value of gold and silver: 1699.: Copy.
  • f. 4 Coinage: Representation from the Board of Trade to the Lords Justices rel. to value of gold and silver: 1699.: Copy.
  • ff. 5-154 b passim Slaves, Slave Trade: Papers of Dutch West India Co., etc., rel. to: 1744-1760.: Dutch.
  • ff. 5-155 passim Africa: Papers rel. to Dutch West African trade: 1744-1760.
  • ff. 9-64 Middelburg, Zeeland: Papers rel. to the " Commercie Compagnie": 1750-1752.
  • ff. 9-64 Flushing: Papers rel. to action of the African merchants of, against the Dutch W. India Co.: 1750-1752.: Dutch.
  • ff. 12 b, 33, 56 H- Fagel, clerk (?) of the Dutch W India Co: Attestations by: 1750, 1751.
  • ff. 92-97 b Jan Jacob Mauricius, Governor of Surinam: Papers rel. to complaints against: 1753.
  • ff. 92-97 b Salomon du Plessis, Dutch merchant: Papers rel. to his complaints against the Governor of Surinam: 1753.: Dutch.
  • ff. 92-97 b, 144 Surinam, South America: Papers rel. to Dutch trade with: 1753, 1759.: Dutch.
  • ff. 102 b-126 b Hamilton, widow of a Rotterdam merchant: Papers rel. to her affairs: 1756, 1757.: Dutch.
  • ff. 102 b-126 b Meyners, widow of a Rotterdam merchant: Papers rel. to her affairs: 1756, 1757.: Dutch.
  • ff. 148, 150 Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Papers rel. to attitude of merchants of, to the Dutch W. India Co.: 1760.: Dutch.
  • ff. 200-211 Essequibo, British Guiana: Papers rel. to Dutch trade in: 1768-1770.: Dutch.
  • ff. 200-211 Demerara, British Guiana: Papers rel. to Dutch trade in: 1768-1770.: Dutch.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002058854
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Hierarchy:
032-002058854
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Dutch
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1694
End Date:
1770
Date Range:
c 1699-1770
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Bosschaert, a Dutch Pensionary: Owned: 18th cent.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Board of Commissioners for Trade and Plantations
Bosschaert, a Dutch Pensionary
Dutch West India Company
Fagel, H, clerk of the Dutch West India Company, fl 1750-1751
Hamilton, widow of a Rotterdam merchant
Mauricius, Jan Jacob, Governor of Surinam
Meyners, widow of a Rotterdam merchant
Plessis, Salomon du, Dutch merchant
Places:
Africa, Africa
Demerara, British Guiana
Essequibo, British Guiana
Flushing, the Netherlands
Middelburg, Zeeland
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Surinam, South America
The Netherlands