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Dutch ships only have been listed here, but other ships papers are also in this piece...
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This record is about the Dutch ships only have been listed here, but other ships papers are also in this piece... dating from 1781-1804 in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781-1804
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Description (What the record is about)
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Dutch ships only have been listed here, but other ships papers are also in this piece (Spanish letters, 1804; Wiesenberg letters 1803)
Ship's name(s): Vrouwe Margareta; Nimf; Phoenix; Resolutie; Meijzorg; Koffieboom
Nationality: Dutch
Port(s) of departure: Amsterdam
Destination(s): Paramaribo; the Cape
Type of voyage: Caribbean
Particulars: Assorted papers: letters from Amsterdam to the Cape and Batavia, from Paramaribo to Batavia, from the Cape to Amsterdam. Captains: Wildeboer (Resolutie) 1803; Engelman; Maarten Buy (Meizorg, Amsterdam to Paramaribo, 1802); Casper Hansen (Koffieboom, from Amsterdam to Paramaribo); a key 'of Cavel's sea chest' transferred to HCA 65/16; illustrated new year's wishes from the night watch to the citizens of Amsterdam transferred to HCA 65/15; account book for the plantation Elisabethshoop, 1802; financial account of the guardianship of Suzanna Magdalena Jolly, 1792-1797; German booklets 'Anmerkungen' on the establishment of a bank (Copenhagen, 1787); seven copies Haarlemsche Courant, 1799; price lists and lading book of Pieter Weijer's lighter
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Dutch and German
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4249361/
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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