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A shipping report from Malacca, dated February 18, 1713, describes several merchant vessels and their cargo movements:

• A Chinese merchant from Songuw sailed to Riouw with 35 units of duty-free tin, using a small boat with 5 crew members.
• A Malay trader named Intie Ioadoe from Dilli departed for Slangoor with various textiles and 500 pieces of fish roe.
• Nachoda Topalla, a Bugis resident from Macassar and servant of Radja Moeda of Riouw, arrived from Atchin with textiles, 10 units of tin, and 2 units of Achinese gold.
• A Malay trader named Palawan from Soengejoejang left for Lingie with sugar and various textiles.
• Bappaboejong, a local Malay, departed for Riouw with 250 bundles of binding rattan.
• Intje Kling, a Johorite and servant of Radja Moeda of Riouw, arrived from Slangoor with tin and rattan. He unloaded 150 Chinese pots with lids and departed with various goods including rattan, lead, benzoin, tobacco, and other items.

In Macassar under August 22, 1736, Johan Sautijn, Johan Hendrik Nipoort, Thomas Vromans, Jeronimus Cruse, and H. Htemer (as secretary) signed documents in Castle Rotterdam.

On Tuesday, July 19, 1735, a meeting was held with Governor and Director Johan Sautijn, Chief Merchant J.H. Nipoort, Captain Thomas Vromans, Fiscal Jeronimus Cruse, Harbor Master H. van Reyd, and payroll administrator Cornelis Rosenboom.

The Governor presented two translated Malay letters from August 22, 1736, written by the Queen of Bone to the government. The responses were read and approved.

Commissioners Hendrik van Reijden and Cornelis Rosenboom submitted a written report about their mission to the court of Bone. After receiving orders on March 18 of that year, they departed on June 10 by boat to Soewoean and then to Tjurana Bone, where they arrived on June 24. They were received according to traditional customs by the Queen of Bone.

On August 22, 1736, representatives from the King of Goa came to the castle in Macassar. The third interpreter Jan Voll guided them to the meeting hall. The delegates were Tomillallang Crain Grassie, Crain Nagawackang, Balan Baroe, Harrang Tjmba, and Manassa.

They delivered a message from their King regarding stolen people from Glisson. Initially, these people were reported to be at the pavilion of Dain Mamaroe (also known as Bonto Laukas). However, Dain Mamaroe's people had moved them to the village of Bontolaukas the previous night. Once the King learned of this, he had them retrieved.

The following people were returned:

• Johanna Gideon, a Christian girl aged 15-16 years
• Diana, a foster child of Widow Hardenberg, aged 6-7 years
• A freed slave named Diana, about 40 years old
• A slave girl aged 14-15 years

The Governor and Council thanked the King for his efforts. They then demanded satisfaction and the surrender of all criminals who had dared to commit such an outrageous act against the East India Company and the Goan court.

On August 22, 1786, near Tamo, located on the border of the Poelengbankeng district, a group of about 70 vagrants led by Dain Mambani was reported to have passed through. These people did not return to their villages. Governor Johan Sautijn proposed to inform the king of Goa about this situation through representatives. Since the Macassar ministry was not considered reliable, Captain Thomas Vromans and under-merchant and fiscal Jeronimus Cruse were appointed to speak privately with the ruler about finding the stolen children and slaves, and capturing the bandits for punishment. Furthermore, the Company's first sworn interpreter Jan Borell was sent to Poelengbankeeng and Glissong to order the local leaders to be vigilant and send out patrols to capture these wanderers, either alive or dead. The document was signed at Castle Rotterdam in Macassar by:

• Johan Sautijn
• J.H. Nipoort
• Thomas Vromans
• Jeronimus Cruse
• H. Htemer (principal secretary)

On June 27, 1735 at 2:30 PM, a meeting was held with Governor Johan Sautijn, chief merchant Jan H. Nipoort, military captain Thomas Vromans, and fiscal Jeronimus Cruse present.

On August 22, 1736, in Macassar, the widow of citizen Cornelis Hardenberg reported a robbery to the governor. While she was harvesting rice with most of her slaves about half an hour from her brick factory, approximately 20 armed men broke into her house during the night. The intruders, carrying weapons, forcefully opened the door and asked for Mrs. Hardenberg. The slaves who remained at home told them she wasn't there.

The intruders searched the house and found two foster children sleeping in a room - a 15-year-old Christian girl and a 5 or 6-year-old child. When asked who these children belonged to, the slaves said they were their mistress's children. The robbers identified themselves as people from Bonto Lancas and took the children, saying their mother would follow. They also kidnapped a freed slave named Diana and others.

Mrs. Hardenberg sent her people to try to catch the robbers, but they returned unsuccessful with no information about where the kidnappers had gone. She desperately asked the governor for help to recover her foster children and slaves. The governor had already heard about the incident the previous evening and learned through rumors that the robbers were indeed from Bonto Lancas, led by Dain Manassa and Damn Manassi, who had stopped with their stolen goods at a rice house near the village of Tamo Tamo.

• The closing of rivers on the 24th for the Company's rice harvest in the Northern provinces
• The deployment of 12 soldiers for this annual task
• The appointment of Lieutenant Johannes Philippus Barnewall to oversee the harvest
• The deaths of two Company slaves:
• Manie from Solor, who died of smallpox on May 2, 1735
• Maurie from Bonthain, who died of smallpox on June 20, 1735

On August 2, 1736, in Makassar, there was a dispute between the King of Goa and Dain Mangaliki. The King had repeatedly requested Mangaliki to appear, but he refused to come in person, only sending his son. Mangaliki claimed he feared harassment from the Pimanese people. The King of Goa had asked multiple times for his claims on Reoman to be investigated. The King then requested that the King of Bima should come to the castle in person.

On August 22, 1736, referring to Article 14 of the Bongaya Treaty, where the ruler of Goa and his descendants gave up all rights to certain lands, the council decided to support the King of Bima's position. They would inform him of their decision by letter, with details to follow in a second letter.

The council also decided not to demolish the gunpowder tower in Bonton as previously agreed on the 9th of that month, because they had not received the requested wooden planks from Ambon needed for construction work.

On June 22, 1735, a meeting was held in Macassar at Castle Rotterdam, attended by Governor and Director Johan Sautijn, Senior Merchant Jan H. Nipoort, Captain Thomas Vromans, and Junior Merchant and Fiscal Jeronimus Cruse, with Secretary H. Hemer. They discussed an annual patrol mission planned on May 6. The ships involved were:

• The pantchaliang "Voortvaarentheijd"
• The pantchaliang "Oppas"
• The sloop "Ongesiene Verandering" from Bouton
• The barges "Atlas" and "Pallas"

The barges were sent to Salayar to collect timber for the East India Company. The council also discussed a request for protection from the King of Bunas against violence committed in Manggarai Reo by a person named Dain Mangaliki. The document was later signed in Macassar on August 22, 1736.

On August 22, 1736, in Maccassar, near Mallen Island, they encountered rocky ground at night. At 8 PM, strong northern winds caused a rope to break that was attached to their anchor, resulting in the loss of both the anchor and part of the rope. The next day, they tried but failed to recover the anchor. On their return journey to Maccassar, during the last evening of May, they experienced a sudden storm. When they tried to secure the mizzen sail, the ropes broke and they couldn't fix it, causing the sail to tear and mostly blow away.

This account was signed by Casparus Mulder, Andries Tomuse, Adam Loshage, and Hendrik Hendrikxe de Vreij in Maccassar on June 11, 1735. The governor then presented a letter addressed to the Queen of Boni. The council approved this letter and decided to send merchants Hendrik van Reijd and Corn Rosenboom to the Boni court, following the council's decision from May 10.

The document was signed at Castle Rotterdam in Maccassar by:

• Johan Sautijn (Governor and Director)
• Jan Hendrik Nipoort (Senior Merchant)
• Thomas Dromans (Captain)
• Jeronimus Cruse
• Hendrik van Reijd
• Corn Rosenboom
• Henl Stemer (Secretary)

Several Dutch sailors made statements about events in Macassar in March and August 1735-1736. The first group, led by Claas Claassen, was sailing on a vessel called "The Unseen Change" on a voyage to Boni on March 12, 1735. They lost two anchors and their main sail when one anchor got caught behind a rock and another slipped down a steep slope.

A second group of sailors, including Hans Jacobs Coop and others, were on a vessel called "The Paslas". On request of their quartermaster Casper Moezelaar, they reported that in March 1735, while anchored near the wreck of the Rijxdorff intending to fish for anchors, they encountered severe weather. They had to lift their anchors due to heavy seas. They managed to retrieve one anchor after much effort but had to cut the rope on another that was stuck behind a rock at 6 fathoms depth.

A third group of sailors on the vessel "Atlas", reporting to quartermaster Philip Been, stated that on March 10 they were anchored on a reef where the ship Rijxdorff had been wrecked, at 53 fathoms, while sailing from the Bay of Boni to Bouton.

During the late 1800s, several important events took place in Curaçao and Suriname. On March 5, 1893, an officer died in Curaçao. He had been granted an annual pension of 1600 guilders for his long service.

Various appointments and transfers took place during this period:

• On December 15, 1851, an officer took leave from Curaçao
• On December 14, 1853, a temporary appointment was made
• On August 23, 1856, an officer passed away

There were also several notable events regarding military service and pensions:

• On December 5, 1870, a long-service distinction was awarded
• On July 9, 1851, regulations regarding officers' children were established
• In 1840, during an epidemic in Curaçao, a pension of 1000 guilders was granted for medical services

The documents also mention correspondence with the Minister regarding complaints and administrative matters. Some officers were transferred between Curaçao and Suriname, with various arrangements made for travel expenses and family allowances.

On March 14, 1735, a legal document was signed in Amsterdam before notary public Jan Barels. Philip Lev Gomperts, a resident of the city, appeared with Israel Moees. They were acting as legal representatives through a substitution document dated October 3, 1734, signed in London before notary Samuel Marten. They represented Simon Jacobs, a merchant from London, who had been given power of attorney by Moses Raphael d'Aguilar, living on Jamaica. This power of attorney was signed on July 3, 1734 in the presence of secretary and notary public Joseph Marwel on Jamaica. The document mentioned Salomon Blauw and the late Abraham Gomes de Jossa as executors of a will.

• To notary Barels on January 23, 1732
• To Cornelis Haagen on February 17
• To attorney Feeman and his clerk
• To Antoni for lamp
• To porter Jurriaen
• To plumber (unnamed)
• To carpenter Abraham Zalzedo
• To wigmaker Barent Liefsingh
• To Ester Abenabar for a bill of exchange of 150, drawn by Moses Raphael de Aguilar from Jamaica
• To Souter de Haar
• To Jan Spitthof
• To notary P. P. Aomis
• To Willem Kemper

• Butter
• Oil
• Stockfish
• Cloth for clothing
• Shoes
• Thread
• Lace
• Other small items

On July 23, 1731, Aroco van Isaac Aquilaa, a merchant in Amsterdam, and his wife Ainua f. Abaabanel de Sonta, appeared before notary Adrian Baars. They declared they had sold a house to merchant Jacob Mortier located on Swanenburge, the third house from Raangragt. The sale included:

• Everything nailed down
• Wall hangings
• Some stones in the attic
• A footstool in the living room

The total price was 6,500 guilders. The buyers paid 500 guilders at signing, which the sellers acknowledged receiving. The remaining 6,000 guilders would be paid in full upon transfer of ownership, without any deductions.

On January 26, 1858, Jacob Mendis da Costa left for the Dutch East Indies as a Corporal on the ship "Maria". He died as a sergeant in Tempang (Tourabaga) on July 18, 1842. His brother, acting as legal representative, wrote from Amsterdam on July 12, 1843 to the Minister of Colonies requesting a death certificate for the deceased's family.

On July 18, 1843, C. Windhoum, a broker in Amsterdam, submitted a request to send the Dutch ship "Maria & Jacoba", captained by A.J. Bart, to Curaçao on July 28. He requested the necessary clearance certificate and submitted the ship's manifest for approval.

On December 5, 1670, notary Adriaen Lock visited David Aguilar on behalf of the heirs of Jacob Delmonte. The heirs explained that on December 5, 1658, Jacob Delmonte had borrowed 3,000 guilders at 3.25% interest from Pieter David and Nicolaes Dablijn on behalf of David Aguilar. Delmonte had credited this amount to Aguilar's account, and Aguilar had been paying the interest. The heirs could not find any record in Delmonte's books showing that he had credited the Dablijns for the 3,000 guilders or kept any accounts with them. Since the loan was now due, the heirs requested Aguilar to pay the 3,000 guilders to the Dablijns. If Aguilar failed to pay, the heirs would pay the amount themselves in honor of Delmonte, but would hold Aguilar responsible for the principal sum of 3,000 guilders plus interest.

• David Aglar, about 24 years old
• Abraham Sammels, a worker about 46 years old
• Moijses Alveres, about 31 years old
• Samuel Koosa, about 27 years old

• The packages were lowered from the attic of the requester's house
• Cornelis Mathijsz had the 26 packages transported away in two trips using a horse and sledge
• They were present during these events

On March 19, 1920, several birth registrations were made at Amsterdam's civil registry office:

• A boy was born on March 17 at 9 PM at Lairessestraat 104 to Willem Cornelis Doerman, a 36-year-old pastry chef, and his wife Anna Jacoba Varvereen. The child was named Willem.
• A boy was born on March 16 at 9 PM at Wagenaarstraat 99 to Johanna Clatsinaschrender, wife of Wouter Middelkopp, a grocer. The child was named Hendricus Johannes Christoffel. The birth was reported by Wilhermina Frederika Wehrbein, a 48-year-old midwife.
• A boy named Dirk was born on March 18 at 1 PM at Derde Vogelstraat 25 to Peike Atsma, a 31-year-old worker, and his wife Maria Boom.
• A boy named Alphonsus Antonius was born on March 18 at 9 PM at the Wilhelmina Gasthuis to Josephina Maria Cornelia Paulissen, a cleaner. This child was later recognized through marriage to Joannes Gerardus Josephus Aphonsus Schijvensen on October 25, 1922 in Tilburg.
• A boy named Frederik Hendrik was born on March 17 at 6 PM at Eerste Breeuwersstraat 8 to Frederik Hendrik Schmidt, a 35-year-old tram conductor, and his wife Masina Jacoba Suijver.
• A boy named Elias Johan was born on March 19 at 10 AM at Majubastraat 47 to Marcus Uijenkruijer, a 26-year-old diamond cutter, and his wife Geertruida van de Poll. Records show the child's surname was later changed from Uijenkruijer to van de Poll on June 14, 1966.

• 3 barrels
• 1 large flat wooden chest made of pine
• 1 small chest
• 1 package wrapped in linen and tied with string

On October 18, several men including Antoni Jansen, Christiaen Jansz, Abraham De Aguilar, and Antoni Jansen Bock met with a notary. Later, on October 22, Benjamin Jans, a 35-year-old member of the German-Jewish community living in Amsterdam, appeared before the notary as a witness. He testified about a lost package that was supposed to be on a sled called "douwe". When asked about how it got lost and if he knew it was on his sled, he confirmed that he had received it on the sled but didn't know where it had disappeared to. He repeated this statement several times. The testimony was witnessed by Willem van Sevenhoven and W. Kick.

On December 6, 1638, several people made statements before notary Adriaen Lock in Amsterdam. The witnesses were:

• Francisca Tavanes, a 42-year-old widow of Manuel Taraves
• Trijntje Ariaens, a 34-year-old widow of Otte Hansz
• David d'Aguilar, about 28 years old

They testified about events at the house of merchant Jacob Delmonte. The previous evening between 5 and 6 o'clock after sunset, a man knocked on Delmonte's door. Because it was dark, they lit a candle. The man identified himself as a court messenger from the Court of Holland. He delivered a legal document on behalf of Abraham Belicamp, who was the husband and guardian of Elisabeth Hroegens.

On page 417, Samuel Rosas Meuld gave permission to Abraham de los Rios to collect all outstanding debts related to the tobacco trade both within and outside of Amsterdam. De los Rios received full power of attorney to collect these debts, issue receipts, and if necessary, take legal action against unwilling debtors in any court. The document was witnessed by David Daguilar and Jacob Salvadoor, and certified by notary public A. Lock.

• Isabelle Mendes (wife of Jacob Delmonte, around 43 years old)
• David Agilar (around 25 years old)
• Abraham Delsoto (around 18 years old)