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Hermannus op de Haar, acting for himself and on behalf of his wife Sanna Gierveld, appeared before notary Meester Jacobus van Riemsdijk in Almelo on 27 November 1850. They were farmers living at the Zoo in Wierden.

Hermannus op de Haar acknowledged that he owed 950 guilders to Mejufvrouw Lena Dirks, widow of the late Wicher Harmsen, a landowner living in Vriezenveen. Gerrit Engels, a prosecutor at the district court in Almelo and living in Vriezenveen, appeared on her behalf as her authorized representative and accepted the debt acknowledgment.

The money came from funds that had been advanced to Hermannus op de Haar and his wife Janng Gierveld to pay off an earlier debt of 900 guilders plus interest that had been secured on certain properties mentioned later in the document. Hermannus op de Haar confirmed he had received the money and waived all objections, especially the objection that the money had not been paid.

Hermannus op de Haar promised to repay the 950 guilders to Mejufvrouw Lena Dirks or to the holder of the official copy of this deed in one lump sum on 1 December of any year, provided that at least 6 months' notice had been given by either party. Until repayment, he would pay interest at 4 guilders per 100 guilders per year, payable on 1 December of each year, starting on 1 December 1851. Payment had to be made in Dutch currency at the exchange rate of the day of actual payment. He specifically agreed that payment could not be made in banknotes, paper money, or other public securities that might be in circulation, and he waived the right to use such forms of payment.

As security for the prompt repayment of the 950 guilders and its interest, Hermannus op de Haar declared on behalf of himself and his wife Sanna Gierveld that he would pledge and place a special mortgage on several parcels of land, both built and unbuilt, belonging to their farm called Klaarman, which they owned jointly and which were registered in the cadastral records of the municipality of Wierden.

• 11 July 1820: Ienneken Geerlings, widow of the late Jan Waalderink (formerly Lenderink), appeared before notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk and 4 witnesses at his office in Almelo, Overijssel.
• She was a farmer living on the Waalderink farm in Zooterwierden, in the municipality of Wierden.
• She was of sound mind and body, as shown by her conversations with the notary and witnesses.
• She made her last will and testament, which was written down by the notary.
• In her will, she stated that her son Berend Waalderink and his wife Maria Brouwer, who lived with her on the Waalderink farm and worked it together with her, should inherit the farm.
• If one of them died first, the survivor would inherit it.
• The will was formally registered on 11 April 1822 in the municipality.

• 876 guilders to the 4 gallarans or electors
• 558 guilders to the fiscal officer and harbor master
• 857 guilders and 6 stuivers to other gentlemen together
• 304 guilders to Prince Callematte
• 203 guilders to Daing Manasse

Gerrit Hendrik Oonk, a blacksmith in Wierden, bought the third part of the 7th parcel for 97 guilders.

Hendrik Jan Kamphuis, a farmer in Wierden, bought the fourth part of the 7th parcel for 98 guilders after Jan Koers, a carpenter in Wierden, and he both raised the bid by 5 guilders each.

Jan Koers, a carpenter in Wierden, bought the fifth part of the 7th parcel for 89 guilders after raising the opening bid of 84 guilders by 5 guilders. He accepted the purchase.

Jan Koers also bought the sixth part of the 7th parcel for 85.50 guilders after raising the opening bid by 2 guilders. The parcel was located near Gozevrijn Broere, son of Derk, a schoolteacher in Wierden.

Hendrik Jan Kamphuis, a farmer in Wierden, bought the 7th part of the 7th parcel for 90 guilders.

Gozevrijn Broere, son of Derk, a schoolteacher in Wierden, bought the eighth part of the 7th parcel for 93.25 guilders.

Albert Staman, a farmer in Wierden, bought the 8th parcel for 115 guilders.

Several parcels were then sold together as groups:

• Jan Koers, a carpenter in Wierden, bought the first part of the 3rd parcel and the first and second parts of the 7th parcel together for 284 guilders.
• Gerrit Hendrik Oonk, a blacksmith in Wierden, bought the second part of the 3rd parcel and the third part of the 7th parcel together for 200 guilders.
• Gozevrijn Broere, son of Derk, a schoolteacher in Wierden, bought the third part of the 3rd parcel and the fourth part of the 7th parcel together for 200 guilders.

After the final auction ended, the seller Jan Gierveld stated within the deliberation period that he accepted the buyers of the 2nd, 5th, and 6th parcels, as well as the buyers of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th parts of the 7th parcel.

• Gozewijn Broeze made the highest bid for the seventh parcel, eighth part at 93 guilders and 25 cents. He signed after the reading.
• For the eighth parcel, Gozewijn Broeze initially bid 95 guilders. Hendrik Jan Komphans raised the bid by 15 guilders and Albert Staman from Boomwante Wierden raised it by 5 guilders, bringing the total to 115 guilders. All bidders signed after the reading.
• The bidding record was closed in the afternoon at 1 o'clock.
• Mr. Hendrik Jan Raadt, the witnesses, and notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk signed the minutes after reading. The document remained in the notary's possession.
• The document was registered in Almelo on 3 December 1819 with a fee of 9 guilders and 50 cents received.
• On Tuesday 7 December 1819 at 9 o'clock in the morning, notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk from Almelo proceeded with the final allocation of the real estate parcels. Witnesses Gerrit Jan van de Riet and Hendrik Eshuis, both living in Wierden, were present.
• The first parcel stood at 145 guilders with Gerrit Hendrik Oonk from Wierden. Jan Geerlings, son of Bezend, a farmer living in Wierden, raised the bid by 10 guilders to 155 guilders. With no further bids, the parcel was sold to Jan Geerlings, son of Bezend, for 155 guilders. He signed after the reading.

• Gerrit Hendrik Oonk, a blacksmith from Wierden, who won multiple parcels with bids of ƒ95.00, ƒ96.00, ƒ85.00, ƒ85.00, ƒ88.00, and ƒ84.00
• Gozenijn Broeze, a schoolteacher from Wierden, who won several parcels with bids of ƒ4.00 (raising one parcel to ƒ100.00 total), ƒ100.00, ƒ95.25, ƒ94.00, and ƒ83.50
• Hendrik Jan Kamphuis, a farmer from Wierden, who won 2 parcels with bids of ƒ115.00 and ƒ90.00

• The document records multiple payments of entrance fees (0.75 guilders), wine money (0.25 guilders), and poor money (0.13 guilders), each totaling 1.13 guilders.
• The seventh parcel consisted of farmland called "de Weg Stukke" (the Road Pieces), divided into 8 parts:
  • The first part was a piece of about 5 spinden, located between land of the reformed church in Wierden and the second part, with one end at the land of the Staman farm and the other end at the road running through the common field to Rijssen.
  • The second part was a piece of about 5 spinden, located between the first and third parts, with one end at the first part of the third parcel and the other end at the road to Rijssen.
  • The third part was a piece of about 5 spinden, located between the second and fourth parts, with one end at the second part of the third parcel and the other end at the road to Rijssen.
  • The fourth part was a piece of about 5 spinden, located between the third and fifth parts, with one end at the third part of the third parcel and the other end at the road to Rijssen.
  • The fifth part was a piece of about 5 spinden, located between the fourth and sixth parts, with one end at the land of Albert Eshuis and the other end at the road to Rijssen.
  • The sixth part was a piece of about 5 spinden, located between the fifth and seventh parts, with one end at the land of Albert Eshuis and the other end at the road to Rijssen.
  • The seventh part was a piece of about 5 spinden, located between the sixth and eighth parts, with one end at the land of Albert Eshuis and the other end at the road to Rijssen.
  • The eighth part was a piece of about 5 spinden, located between the seventh part and the road to Haarkampskompe, with one end at the land of Albert Eshuis and the other end at the road to Rijssen.
• The eighth parcel was a piece of farmland called "den Dalenloper," about 2 bushels in size, located near the Benenkamp, with one end at the land road where it would have access from the road from the Kruissteen. This land was subject to tithes, valued at 1 guilder per year for registration purposes.
• All these parcels were located near the village and in the municipality of Wierden.
• After public reading of the request, sale conditions, and description of the parcels, the auction proceeded as follows:
  • The first parcel: The highest bid was made by Gerrit Hendrik Oonk, blacksmith, living in Wierden, for 145.00 guilders.
  • The second parcel: The highest bid was made by Gerrit Hendrik Vonk for 212.00 guilders. Hendrik Jan Kamphuus, farmer, living in Wierden, raised the bid by 20.00 guilders, bringing the total to 232.00 guilders.
  • The third parcel, first part: The highest bid was made by Gozewyn Broeze, schoolteacher, living in Wierden, for 89.00 guilders. He raised his own bid by 1.00 guilder, bringing it to 90.00 guilders.
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  The document described the final terms of a land auction in the Netherlands. The seller reserved a deliberation period of half a time period after the final sale was completed, which would end in 1820 when the first harvest would be collected. During this period, the seller could reject buyers and keep the land unsold. If the seller chose to keep the land, they would pay the land tax but not the higher fees, transfer taxes, or poor relief taxes. The buyer had the right to name a co-buyer or substitute buyer either immediately or within 24 hours at the office of the notary after the final sale, provided they guaranteed that person's financial reliability and accepted personal responsibility for them. If disputes arose about the sale, the notary had the authority to make final decisions or order a re-auction of the property. Until a buyer was definitively accepted or the property remained unsold, other bidders up to and including the previous highest bidder would be released from their bids. The seller reserved the right to first auction the pieces of farmland, the Bré piece, and the road pieces separately in parcels, then offer them again as a whole, and finally accept whichever method produced the higher price. Six parcels were offered for sale:
  1. A piece of farmland located in Kempe, measuring approximately 6 spinden, situated between Esch Graven and the land of Derk Dekhari. Annual tax: 1.00 guilders, transfer tax: 0.30 guilders, poor relief: 0.20 guilders.
  2. A piece of farmland called Beker Attes Stukje or Bekers-stukke, measuring approximately 3 schepels, located at Groenen weg with one end at the Erve Goosselink. Annual tax: 1.50 guilders, transfer tax: 0.40 guilders, poor relief: 0.30 guilders.
  3. Farmland called Bréstukke, divided into three parts: First part measuring approximately 1 schepel, located with the north side at the land of Erve Staman and one end at Groenenweg; second part measuring approximately 5 spinden; third part measuring approximately 5 spinden, located next to the second part and the land of Erve Haarlamp. Each part had annual tax of 0.75 guilders, transfer tax of 0.25 guilders, and poor relief of 0.15 guilders.
  4. A piece of farmland measuring approximately 2 schepels, located with the north side at the land of Gerrit Erhuis and ending at Zaandink Pad, with the south side next to the fifth parcel. This land was subject to tithe, valued at 1 guilder yearly for registration purposes. Annual tax: 1.00 guilders, transfer tax: 0.30 guilders, poor relief: 0.20 guilders.
  5. A piece of farmland measuring approximately 2 schepels, located between the fourth and sixth parcels, also ending at Zaandink-Pad and subject to tithe valued at 1 guilder yearly. Annual tax: 1.00 guilders, transfer tax: 0.30 guilders, poor relief: 0.20 guilders.
  6. A piece of farmland measuring approximately 2 schepels, located between the fifth parcel and the land of Roelif Estruw, also ending at Zaandink Pad and subject to tithe valued at 1 guilder yearly. Annual tax: 1.00 guilders, transfer tax: 0.30 guilders, poor relief: 0.20 guilders.
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  • The sale would be conducted in Dutch guilders of 100 cents each, using a bidding system with increases and decreases to find the highest or first bidder.
  • The person who made the highest bid would receive what was listed for each parcel and would have the right to make the first increase. The buyer had to pay one-tenth of a cent from this and all further increases, together with the starting bid, a drinking money payment, and a charity payment (also listed per parcel), immediately after the final award, without any reduction from the purchase price.
  • The buyer was required to pay 10% of the total purchase price owed to the notary at his office in Almelo within 10 days after the final award. The notary would use six-tenths of this amount to cover the costs of registration, publication, seals, and related sale expenses, and could keep the rest as his fee. If the buyer requested it, the costs of transfer and a copy of the official record would have to be paid separately by the buyer.
  • The full purchase price had to be paid to the notary at his office in accepted gold or silver Dutch coins, in one payment without any deductions for claimed debts, on the first of July 1820, in the morning between 10:00 and 12:00. A late buyer would have to pay a penalty of 5% of the purchase price to the notary, together with the purchase price.
  • After receiving the money, the notary would pay it to Hendrik Jan Raedt and he would use it to pay off the debts described in the qualification deed mentioned earlier in the document.
  • If required, the buyer had to provide 2 sufficient guarantors approved by the notary, who would commit themselves together with the buyer, each fully responsible as main buyers, for the prompt payment of the purchase price and compliance with these conditions, giving up the rights to demand collection from the main debtor first or to split the debt. If a buyer could not or would not immediately provide guarantors, the property would be put up for sale again, to the loss and not the benefit of such unable or unwilling buyer. All higher bidders up to the starting bidder would then have to maintain their bids even if they had been outbid.
  • The properties being sold were sold in the condition, nature, and size as they were, and as they belonged to the seller Jan Gierveld as owner. They were sold with all benefits and burdens, rights and privileges that might rest on them or belong to them, whether or not these were listed in the document. Therefore, the buyer would have no claim for compensation or other legal action against the seller on any grounds.
  • The land tax burdening the properties would have to be paid by the buyer from the first of January onwards, and the buyer would take possession of the properties as soon as
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  On Tuesday, 30 November 1819, at 9 o'clock in the morning, a public auction was announced. Jan Gierveld, a farmer living in Wierden, a municipality in the Canton and District of Almelo, Province of Overijssel, requested the auction. Mr. Jacobus van Romsdijk, a public notary residing in the city of Almelo, conducted the proceedings at the house of Gozewyn Broeze, a schoolteacher living in Wierden. The auction concerned real estate properties owned by Jan Gierveld. The final assignment of these properties would take place at the same house on Tuesday, 7 December at 9 o'clock in the morning, according to the purchase conditions described in the document. Jan Gierveld had given power of attorney to Mr. Hendrik Jan Raedt, a lawyer practicing at the Court of First Instance for this district and living in Almelo. This power of attorney was passed on 19 November before the notary in the presence of witnesses and was registered the same day at the office in Almelo. The witnesses present were:
  • Gerrit Jan van de Riet, messenger
  • Hendrik Echuis, field guard of the municipality of Wierden, living in Wierden
  After reading aloud, Mr. Hendrik Jan Raedt and the witnesses signed the document together with the notary.
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  23 October 1821: A legal document was registered in Almelo. The registration fee of 59 cents was paid. The document was signed by E. Dull, who was a peace judge, Jan Vrielink, J. Mulder, H. Mokkelen Cate, H. I. Kamphuis, Man. Gietveld, and L. P. H. Sinkel. Derk Gierveld declared that he could not sign because he had never learned to write. The document was received by G. H. Autfucorth. L. O. W. Sinkel signed for the official copy. Hendrik Krielink, a farmer living in the municipality of Wierden, respectfully requested the court of Almelo to approve a family decision for execution.

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  The members examined the financial statement submitted by the guardian. After hearing the supervisors' explanation about it, they unanimously agreed with the peace judge on the following points:
  • No other funds or income for the estate were found to exist
  • The claims against the estate were real and valid
  • The only way to pay these debts was to sell the farmer's inheritance called het Vrielink, including the farmland and grasslands
  • This property was located in the districts under the municipality of Wierden, number 151
  • The sale price would be 738 guilders and 25 cents
  • The meeting authorized the requestor to proceed with this sale
  The document was signed by H. Krielink.
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  Historical Summary: A man owned building and grasslands in the rental areas under the municipality of Wierder. These properties appeared as number 1 in the assets section of a summary statement or account that he submitted. This account dealt with the estate between him and his underage children, which they owned together without division. The statement was properly registered in Almelo on October 19, 1821, under registration numbers 5, 6, and 7. He received 15 francs and 80 centimes for the right of obligation, plus 3 francs and 95 centimes for the tenth and fifteenth increases, totaling 9 guilders and 33 cents. The document was signed by G. H. Autsmorth. The total amount involved was 738 guilders and 25 cents for claims that appeared under numbers 2, 3, and 4 in the assets section of the mentioned account. This was for the benefit of Madam the widow Jan Engberts, born Scholl, who was a property owner in the city of Almelo. She declared that she wanted the requester's real estate to be bound as security for this money if it could not be paid immediately. The requester was completely unable to pay this amount.
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  Aaltjen Vrielink, aged 13, and Gerrit Vrielink, aged 18, were the children of their deceased mother Hendrika Gierveld. The following relatives and close friends of these minors appeared: from the father's side: Jan Vrielink, uncle of the minors; Jan Mulder, uncle by marriage; and Harmen Mokkelencate, also uncle by marriage of the minors. From the mother's side: Hendrik Jan Kamphuis, cousin of the minors; Derk Gierveld, uncle; and Mannes Gierveld, also uncle of the minors. All were farmers living in the municipality of Wierden, except the fifth person who lived in Hellendoorn in this province. These people gathered with us in a family council. The father and legal guardian of the minors appeared at the meeting, stating that he requested authorization from them to mortgage his farmhouse and property called the Krielink with all its associated and nearby farmland.

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  On 7 December 1819, at the office in Almelo, an official record was made by Notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk. Properties in Gierveld were sold to Gozenijn Broeze Derkszun, a schoolteacher, Gerrit Hendrik Oonk, a blacksmith, and De Meyer, a farmer, all living in Wierden. The previous registrations remained valid. The people involved promised to guarantee the Keeper of Mortgages regarding the cancellation of these registrations for the mentioned properties.

  This deed was made and signed in the city of Enschede on 14 July 1820 at the residence of those involved, in the presence of Notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk, G. Pennink, and B. Spijker. The document remained in the possession of Notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk. A copy was issued for the Mortgage Office in Almelo on 19 July 1820.

  Before Notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk, public notary of the Almelo district, residing in the city of Almelo, province of Overijssel, and witnesses, appeared Willem Grave, a farmer, living in the hamlet of Hasselo, municipality of Weerselo, canton Oldenzaal, in the aforementioned district and province. He officially acknowledged that he owed Mr. Hendrik Jan Raedt, a lawyer at the Court of First Instance, and Mrs. Johanna Magtilda Engelina Palthe, married couple living in the city of Almelo, a capital sum of 300 guilders in Dutch currency. This money had already been lent to him in silver Dutch coins at the current exchange rate. Willem Grave promised to repay this sum of 300 guilders to Hendrik Jan Raedt and Johanna Magtilda Engelina Palthe at their residence or to the holder of the official copy of this deed on 19 July of each year, provided proper notice had been given at least half a year in advance by either party.

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  Jan Gierveld, a farmer living in Wierden, had property registrations recorded at the Bureau of Mortgages for this district on 13 February 1812, in part 1, numbers 539 and 538 respectively.

  On 14 July 1820, notaries Jacobus van Riemsdijk (public notary of the Almelo district, living in the city of Almelo, main town of that district in the province of Overijssel) and Willem Philip Carel Greve (public notary living in the city of Enschede, municipality and canton of Enschede, in the same district and province) appeared before the authorities.

  Gerrit Penniik, a public notary, and Bezendina Spijker, both living in the city of Enschede, came forward. Bezendina Spijker was assisted and authorized by her husband Gerrit Penniik.

  They declared through this document that they agreed to the registration that had been made for and against Jan Gierveld. The properties involved were:

  • Farmland called 't Brée stukke
  • 4 pieces of farmland, each measuring 5 spinden
  • 1 piece located between the land of the Reformed Church at Wierden and the next piece
  • 1 piece located between the first mentioned piece and the next one
  • 1 piece between the last previous one and the following one
  • 1 piece between this one and a 5th piece that belonged to Jan Gierveld as his property
  • A piece of farmland, measuring about 2 bushels, located with its north side against the land of Gorrit Er huis and extending with the other end to the Zaandink road
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  On 3 December 1814, a land sale was completed in Wierden. The seller was Albert Altink, and the buyers were Jan Hendrik van Buren and Lucas Oldeman. The sale included multiple plots of land:
  • Plot 16: A piece of land bordered on the north by plot 16 and on the south by Harmen Meijer's land, belonging to the farm called de Meijer
  • Plot 18: A piece of land measuring 2 schepel (a unit of measurement), belonging to K. Meinders, located north of Am Nijhof and south of M. Kosters's land
  • Plot 19: A piece of land measuring 2 schepel, owned by Als Kosters, located north of plot 18 and south of land from the Staman farm
  • Plot 20: A piece of land measuring 5 schepel, belonging to Bd Klomp, located between roads, north of A. Hk Nijhof's land and south of land from the de Meijer farm
  • Plot 21: Two pieces of land measuring 4 schepel total, owned by B. Klomp, located in the Bouweinde area, north of land from the Steman farm and south of G. Broeze J.Z.'s land
  • Plot 22: A piece of land measuring 3 schepel, belonging to the widow Wolters, located between roads across from the small forest, north of land from the Staman farm and south of Staman land
  • Plot 23: A piece of land measuring 1.5 schepel, owned by I. H. van Buren, located north of B. Hesselink and south of G. H. Wanschers's land
  • Plot 24: A piece of land measuring 2 schepel, belonging to J. Vincent, with land from the Lammers farm to the east and land from the Haarkamp farm to the west
  • Plot 25: A piece of land measuring 3 schepel, owned by Js Westerik, located at Dollenkerkpad with its end to the north
  • Plot 26: A piece of land measuring 3 schepel, belonging to the heirs of Goossen Klaas, with its end to the north at Dollenkerkpad
  • Plot 27: A piece of land measuring 3 schepel, owned by Albs Hendrik, located directly in front of the north end of plots 25 and 26
  The land had originally been purchased from the government domains through the office of the monastery in Almelo on 11 October 1805. The sale price was 750 Dutch guilders in ready money. The seller confirmed he had been fully paid. Two identical documents were made and signed by both the seller and buyers. The witnesses were Jan Gierveld and Hendrik Jan Kamphuis, both farmers living in Wierden. The document was registered in Almelo on 27 February 1815, with registration fees of 18 guilders, 19 stuivers, and 3 pennies paid. The registration was signed by G. Auffmorts.
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  On September 3, 1663, in the castle at Batavia, authorities learned that two Portuguese men had received permission from the government to go where they pleased. These men requested to be taken under English protection and to sail to England on the ship the Couvertijn. When the resident heard this, he went to the English trading post and informed the friends there that these Portuguese had run away from Batavia. He asked that they not be taken in or sent away, as this would displease the authorities. The English replied that these people said they were free, and they could not be forbidden from the trading post since they could go where they pleased. The resident had to accept this. That same evening, the two Portuguese were sent by boat to the English yacht Couvertijn, where they remained. The resident believed they were his two soldiers in the service of the Company, as they wore blue perpetual breeches. He noted that Mr. Page, who was a great enemy of the Dutch nation, had arranged this. The agent was sick, and the Sultan did not want to interfere.

  On the morning of Wednesday, September 5, the ship Princesse Royale and the small ships Hoogcaspel and Elsenburg left for Siam. The ship would return from there, while the small ships would patrol for Chinese junks and blockade the bar of Siam, according to secret instructions sent with merchant Enoch Poolvoet. Letters from the authorities were sent to both the King of Siam and Oijaberkelang, as recorded in the outgoing letter book dated September 3.

  Lieutenant Pieter van Haerlem went with his boat to Bantam with a note for the resident to accompany letters from the authorities to the directors in the assembly of 17, along with a duplicate addressed to the Chamber of Zeeland. He was ordered to deliver these to the English friends who would leave Bantam for England on the ship Couvertijn.

  That day, the ambassadors from Jambij left for home with their vessels. The authorities sent letters to both Pangoran Ratoe and Pangoran Depatij Anum, as recorded in the outgoing letter book dated September 5, for the purpose of maintaining friendship.

  The yacht Arnemuijden arrived from Amboina via Macassar and Japara with cargo worth 51,177 guilders, 2 stuivers, and 8 penningen taken on board at Macassar. They also received a letter from resident Jan Barra there, dated August 12, mentioning no particular changes. The people of Macassar did not have good intentions, given what had happened at Bangij and Gape. They very much wanted to know how Mr. Nieuwlandt had managed things on Bouton. Because the King would not give up his claim for 8,000 rixdollars regarding Adrichen, Barra had proposed to Mr. Nieuwlandt whether the authorities' gift should be reduced by half, but the council could not agree to this. The princes of Macassar, having learned that peace with Portugal was broken again, acted as if they would have preferred the peace to continue. However, they fed each other the hope that England would help restore their fallen state in the Indies, about which they imagined and spoke wonderful things.

  Francisco Viera approached the resident for a pass to sail to Timor, Larentucke, and elsewhere to collect his san

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  The Portuguese refused to hand over Bombay to the English. They received a new viceroy in Goa. They sent 5 frigates to relieve Mombasa. They had 2 galleons ready to send to Portugal. Additionally, they had 3 patrol boats for Mozambique, one for China, and 1 for Macassar. They did not want to allow the English a trading post in Goa. They refused to hand over Bombay to the English. Things were going badly for them in Goa. The ratification of the peace treaty between the Dutch state and the crown of Portugal arrived with the frigate De Jonker. There was great dismay in Goa over the loss of Cochin and Cananoor.
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  The English tried to occupy the island of Run by sending their small frigate called "de noot," which was built in Japara, from Macassar to Pulau Run on 24 December. The frigate was a small ship. Whether they intended to take possession of the island would become clear over time. If that happened, the orders that had been established 2 years earlier would be enforced against their schemes. With 2 large ships, 70 soldiers were sent to Banda, bringing the total garrison there to 180 men, including those sent earlier. The yacht "de Meyboom" was sent to Timor on the 20th of the month. It was loaded with cargo worth ƒ32,208:16:4 to supply the Company's settlement on the island of Timor with necessities and to bring back sandalwood that had been traded or obtained. Meyboom was held as a prisoner to appear before the Council of Justice, where the prosecutor would charge him. He was to be punished according to the terms of the orders from the high authorities who were with the English Company at Bantam.
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  28 October 1760, W. Cromma, the Governor General of the colony of Suriname, its rivers and districts, appointed Helbe Hardehoorn to act as an official supervisor. Hardehoorn was tasked with making an inventory of the possessions and household goods belonging to J.C. de Clary and Eva Catharina Pelserus, who were married. This inventory was made at the request of Hardehoorn himself. The information for the inventory was provided by J.C. de Clary, as he had been ordered to do by the appointment. The inventory was carried out by Johannes H.m Pelserus and I. D. S. Bendorf, who had been specially asked to do this work. I.G. Beek, provisional sworn clerk at the secretary's office of Suriname, its rivers and districts, recorded the inventory.
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  • Jan van Antwerpen had made handles for pans and someone said to him that when he would be sober, they would teach him something different, but now he did not know what he was doing.
  • The third witness, Margareta Spoor, wife of Olivier Hollebeek, who was working as a midwife's assistant, stated that while she was attending the wife of Jan Schouten (the person requesting this testimony) who had been in labor for 8 days, an incident occurred on Easter evening. Jan van Antwerpen was very drunk and making a lot of noise. Schouten went to him at the pancake bakery and told him to leave because his wife was in labor, and that if he had something to say, he should come back when he was sober. Jan van Antwerpen answered that he did not want to leave but wanted to stay at work. The witness then heard Jan van Antwerpen say to Schouten: "You are a thief of my wages." This fight or exchange of words upset Schouten's wife very much, so the witness called Schouten into the house and advised him to wait until Jan van Antwerpen was sober. Jan Schouten followed her advice.
  • About 1 or 1.5 hours later, Jan van Antwerpen came not only into Schouten's house but into the very room where his wife was dangerously ill in labor. He asked Schouten if he could light a pipe. Schouten allowed this, but after Jan van Antwerpen lit his pipe, he began calling Schouten a scoundrel and a rogue. Schouten barely responded. The witness, as the midwife's assistant, then told Jan van Antwerpen that he had to leave the room or she would throw him out. Jan van Antwerpen then left, raging and cursing.
  • The fourth witness, Anna Kamp, wife of Jan Vlamingh, also testified that on the same Wednesday morning of Pentecost (Whitsun)...
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  The document described the contents loaded in different chambers of ships. Amsterdam had 69 bales of mosteine, 14 bales of rosset, 64 bales of commans, and other goods. Camperhiane had 112 bales of sluistie. Zeeland had 50 sacks of mosteine and 33 sacks of the same. There were 13 or 17 packs being counted, 96 items, and 9 small barrels of mastrine. Nase had 26 barrels of communs. There was 1 barrel each of ramporhians and silvastre totaling 48. North Holland up to Enkhuizen had 30 barrels of mosteine commune, 14 items of menteine, and 32 kosselte barrels totaling 64. Hoorn had 28 commans, 2 chests of mosteine, and 15 chests of communs. Groningen had 2 items, 1 chest of camperhian, and 1 chest of rossen totaling 26 chests. The document contained sealed instructions for the skipper or lead vessel and captain on the ship. The instructions were set by the directors of the West Indian Company at a meeting of 19 people and given to the ship. The instructions applied to all other ships belonging to the fleet of General Hadriek Cornelissen Zonck. The skippers, captains, and all other officers on these ships had to follow the instructions faithfully and diligently. The ships, either together or separately, when arriving in the Spanish Sea, had to set their course directly to Saint Vincent in the Sotavento or Cape Verde Islands. There they had to seek out the brave and loyal commander Cornelissen Zonck, General over the fleets. If they found him there, they had to join under his flag and follow his commands. However, if the General had already left from there, they had to open the second sealed instruction marked with letter B.
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  • Fran=o Viera needed to be removed from Macassar. A copy of a letter written by Fran=o Viera in 1651 from Masulipatnam to the viceroy in Goa was found in the ship Saint Jan Baptista. This letter showed how harmful he had been in Macassar by stirring up the government there against the Company. He continued to work against the Company through hidden ways according to letters from the residents. The Company decided to keep him away from Macassar and have him expelled by the king's authority according to the contract. Meanwhile, while controlling the harbor, they would not pay out 8,000 rijksdaalders until it was clear he had left Macassar with his family and entourage.
  • The residents were authorized to arrange gifts for the king and the important people from the cargo sent there, with a purchase value of 8,000 to 9,000 guilders.
  • Crain Crongro, mentioned in previous letters, noticed he was no longer respected by the king and other important people in Bantam. He left with 2 junks heading east and stopped at Japara along the way. Rumors suggested he intended to settle near Banjermassen. At Bantam he had said he wanted to stay on the small island Sourobouro near the river of Banjermassen, apparently to be closer to Macassar in case of a change in government. Disagreements among the important people there seemed to be heading in that direction according to the latest letters. The king could not easily oppose the expulsion of Crongro, who was his nephew.
  • From Timor, the small ship de Nachtegael and the yacht Ulpendam arrived, both loaded with 1,030 picol of good coarse sandalwood. For this and for 405 picol obtained with the Purmerlant, 10 rijksdaalders per picol was paid here to Francisco Viera. The letters received with these ships had little content, just like previous ones. The garrison, which had been reinforced with 100 men the previous year, had done nothing to assist the Company's allies. The letters did not even mention that they had been out on an expedition for that purpose, which pleased them little.
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