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On February 14, 1743, several sailors appeared before Daniel van den Brink, a public notary in Amsterdam. They had recently served on a warship called Beek Vliet, commanded by Captain Mauritius van der Star.

The sailors were:

• Roelof Secholm from Helmstat (No. 63)
• Christiaan Jacobu from Ryp (No. 109)
• Andries Arents from Lingendael (No. 124)
• Andries Laurens from Langesont (No. 155)
• Roelof Stoffels from Bergen (No. 158)
• Govert Janse from Garen Wintlaan (No. 168)
• Andries Bleekenbergh from Amsterdam (No. 170)
• Lourens Lourense from Brewick (No. 171)
• Abraham Brulies from Breemen (No. 172)
• Andries Alman from Karels Kroon (No. 178)
• Roelof Teunisse (No. 184)
• Zourens Jacobse (No. 185)
• Cornelis Valk (No. 186)
• Matthys Ditlofse Smit from Lubek

These sailors appointed Jacob Kraag, a resident of Amsterdam, as their representative to appear before the Admiralty College in the Northern Quarter. His task was to request and collect their wages and any other payments due to them.

• Thomas Parcerel from Ath, soldier
• Jan Buijn from Hamburg, soldier
• Pieter Inclaasen from Wijburg, soldier
• Jan van Thienen from Antwerp, corporal
• Daniel Stuart from Scotland, soldier
• Jan Gerard from Valenciennes, soldier
• Jan Jansz Heere from Amsterdam, soldier
• Thomas Lambregts from Rotterdam, junior helmsman
• Jan Gomes from Alicante, soldier
• Claas Cornelisz from Uithoorn, gunner
• Claude Carpentier from Lille, soldier
• Huijbregt Davidse from Waddinxveen, carpenter
• Andries Michelsz from Langesund, soldier
• Jan Cornelis from Gouda, carpenter
• Laurens Pieters from Trondheim, gunner
• Joannes Blissing from Amsterdam, assistant
• Jacob Moeres from Amsterdam, carpenter
• Pieter Pieters Stap from Utrecht, soldier
• Claas Hermans from Alkmaar, drummer
• Barent Jansz from Amsterdam, messenger
• Erast Burghorst from Vrede, soldier
• Jan Janse Flengart from Antwerp, soldier
• Pieter de Brabander from Ghent, soldier
• Domingo Pereie from Batavia, soldier
• Andries Jonas from Aarhus, junior helmsman
• Jacob van Hespen from Kortrijk, soldier
• Joost Camerlingh from Vlissingen, sailor
• Pieter Buijs from Flensburg, sergeant
• Bernardus Ruijsius from Maastricht, soldier
• Isacq Barentsz from Amsterdam, soldier

In Rio De la Goa during February 1729, there were several days of rainy and stormy weather from February 17-15. The wind shifted between southwest, south, and south-southeast directions. Medical inspections showed 35 sick people, 8 disabled persons, and 6 prisoners. The weather improved with light northerly winds, later changing to easterly and northeastern directions.

On February 19, sailor Roeloff Volmert from Langesont passed away. The following day, February 20, assistant Hermanus de Jager from Amsterdam died.

In Amsterdam on October 15, 1667, Catharina van den Berg filed a complaint. She reported that Jacob Cornelisz van Rosen had insulted Dirk Hendolphsz van Langesont in front of witnesses Steven Jans Dael, Van Wageninge, and Claas Jacobsz van Meldorp.

On August 27, 1667, Commander Schut, Cretser, Coon, Clinckenb, Thomas Muller, and council members including Steven Jansz, Jacob Cloeten van Ceulen, and Wouter Mostaert were present at a meeting. They discussed a statement concerning Poulus Broens van Cempen. The defendant requested time to gather evidence to support his claims, which the Council granted. The matter involved the town's grain storage facility.

On July 7, 1671, Geruit van Breugel, a notary, recorded that William Cooles, a merchant from Rotterdam, received 500 guilders from Cathamel, a merchant in the city. This was a bottomry loan (a loan secured by a ship) for goods loaded on a ship called the Mercurius, captained by Dirck Cornelisz Hooghandt. The ship would sail from Amsterdam to Langesund or Koppervik in Norway. Cooles would then transfer the goods to another ship sailing back to Amsterdam. The risk on the 500 guilders would continue until the goods arrived in Amsterdam. Upon arrival, Cooles would repay Cathamel the 500 guilders from the goods' proceeds, plus:

• 10 percent interest
• 2 percent commission for selling the goods

If Cooles did not ship any goods back from Norway, he would have to transfer the 500 guilders plus 5 percent interest.

• Be banished to Robben Island for 3 years
• Forfeit their wages

• Reduce their banishment to Robben Island to 1 year
• Have them forfeit two months' wages to the treasury

• boarding costs
• advanced money
• clothing
• other travel equipment

• boarding costs
• advanced money for clothing
• other travel equipment

On January 20, 1634, Jeremias van Vliet, who was head of the trading post in Siam, reported at the orphans' chamber that after the death of freeman Hans Hansen van Hoesum in Siam, 15 catties of silver (worth 720 Spanish reals) were collected from selling his belongings. Van Vliet managed to increase this amount to 25 catties (1200 reals) and transferred this to chief merchant Hendrick Nachtegael.

Van Vliet also handed over documentation about various outstanding debts from the estate. The orphans' masters thanked him for his good supervision and asked him to continue this work if he would return to Siam, or otherwise to recommend Nachtegael to look after the estate's interests.

On April 16, 1638, it was reported that two of the deceased's three children had died: son Barent and daughter Catarina. The document was verified in Judia (Siam) on October 2, 1638 by Guilliam Wttenhove and Jan Schooft. Hendrick Nachtegael confirmed receiving the money from Van Vliet on October 22, 1638.

This notarial document from Amsterdam records various legal transactions and attestations. The entries include:

• Stijntje Heijmerick, widow of Dirck Roerinck, made a promise and acceptance
• Simon Andries van Laer filed a debt document
• Sybrant Stoffels and Susanna Eppingh provided sworn statements
• Sara Hollenb, widow of Nicolaes Corte, granted power of attorney
• Steven Louris van Langesont and Samuel Palache were given power of attorney for legal matters
• Sara Carstens, widow of Jelle Jacobs, gave a sworn statement
• Steven Dupont and Salomon Elias Gomperts provided receipts
• Trijntje Helt, widow of Bartel Meijer, transferred guardianship
• Warnar Goutsmit assumed guardianship
• Wolphert Hendrick Drinckvelt provided indemnity and surety
• Willem Douwesz granted power of attorney
• Willem de Clerck Luiten transferred rights of action
• Ytje Cornelis, wife of Abraham Martensz, provided a sworn statement

• 71 catties, 17, 114 (8,626.2.8) as of January 31
• Additional purchase on March 1 of 4,847 red cotton yarn
• Total debt: 80 catties, 18:21 (9,702.2.8)

In an investigation of financial records, several cases of financial misconduct were discovered. Cornelis Drent was found to owe 1,160 reals, and Hendrik Nachtegael admitted to owing 40 reals. The investigating officer, Joan Goossens, discovered while checking Cornelis Anteunisz Drent's records that he had received provisions which he had not properly credited to the Company.

Poor oversight had previously been a serious problem. When examining Hendrik Nachtegael's books, after transferring and balancing accounts, it was found that he owed the Company over 4,000 reals for various improperly booked items. Antoni van Diemen, Aert Gijsels, bookkeeper Cornelis van der Lijn, and chief merchant Jan van Leeuwen spent three weeks, morning and afternoon, reviewing the auditor's findings and Nachtegael's responses.

Nachtegael agreed that he owed 10,000 guilders to the Company. At his request, the matter was settled without going to the Council of Justice. The auditor received one-sixth of the recovered sum as payment. To avoid completely disgracing Nachtegael, he was allowed to return to the homeland with his wife as chief merchant aboard the Prins Willem under Commander Willem Jacobsz Coster, keeping his monthly salary, as it was deemed unwise to keep him in service in India.

On an unspecified date in 1806, Governor-General Henrick Brouwer and the Council of the Indies issued a decree concerning problems in Batavia. The Dutch residents were causing trouble by gambling near areas where Chinese residents operated legal gambling houses (for which they paid special taxes to support Batavia's garrisons).

To maintain order, the Governor-General prohibited all Dutch people in Batavia and on ships in the harbor - whether free citizens or employees of the East India Company - from gambling near the Chinese quarter or the fish market. The penalties included:

• Confiscation of all money on the gambling table
• 8 days imprisonment on bread and water in a dark cell
• Additional punishments as determined by authorities

The decree also established that the Chinese street would be fenced on both sides, and Dutch people were forbidden from passing through these gates after sunset.

The document also addresses a separate matter where Aert Gijsels reported inappropriate entries in the books of former chief merchant Hendrick Nachtegael, discovered by inspector Joan Goessens. Antonio van Diemen, Aert Gijsels, Jan van Leeuwen, and Cornelis van der Lijn were appointed to investigate these accounting irregularities.

The decree was signed by Henrick Brouwer, Antonio van Diemen, Aert Gijsels, Jan vander Burgh, and Jan van Broeckum.

On November 21, 1634, Jacob Westfrisius, a public notary in Amsterdam, recorded statements. Jan de Loeur, a 24-year-old purse maker, and Matheus Piete, a 27-year-old mirror maker, both citizens of the city, testified for Jan van Didderen from Leiden. They inspected merchandise damaged by water in a ship at Dordrecht during the previous market. The damage to purses, gloves, knives, mirrors, and other items was estimated at over 100 guilders.

On December 24, 1634, Annetien Hoedricx, the 32-year-old wife of Hans Boonen, testified after returning from the East Indies on the ship Wesel. She testified about Jan Bossou the Younger, who sailed to the East Indies in 1619 on the ship Walckeren for the East India Chamber of Middelburgh. In Batavia, he married Marortgen Hendricx van de Ceulen in 1623. Both died within eight days of each other about a month after their wedding, from a fierce fever.

On December 30, 1634, Cornelis Schouten, a merchant in Amsterdam, appointed Christiaen Tourszen, a merchant in Aalbingh, to collect payment from the heirs of Willem Jansen Cock of Aalbingh for a debt, with authority to take legal action if necessary.

This appears to be an inventory list of a wealthy Dutch household from the colonial era, containing:

• Window curtains, bed coverings, and fabrics including Persian gold cloth and East Indian textiles
• Furniture including: - An ebony mirror - Oak sleeping bench - 6 ebony chairs with red upholstery - 2 gilded chairs - 4 Spanish leather chairs
• Artwork including: - A painting of naked Jews - A painting of an old and young woman with a Moor - A small painting of a prince and princess
• Valuable items including: - 19 silver spoons - Various silver containers for oil, vinegar, and mustard - Gold and pearl jewelry - Several diamond rings - A gold thimble - A pearl necklace with 3 strands
• Kitchen items including: - Copper kettles and pans - Tin plates and dishes - A copper mortar and pestle
• Clothing including: - Multiple women's gowns in different colors and materials - Silk skirts - Velvet bodices - Stockings - Capes trimmed with velvet

On February 3, 1659, Juriaen laubergier handed over goods worth 26L15 to Louijs Craijers, who was the guardian of Isabella Fredericx's grandchild.

The items included:

• A house located on the Oude Zijds Achterburgwal opposite the St. Jansbrug, which previously belonged to alderman Hoochkamer
• A bond worth 7,000 guilders dated October 23, 1636 in the name of treasurer Pieter reael
• Various textiles and household items including:
  • Multiple curtain sets in orange and red
  • Various bed covers in damask, Turkish camelet, and embroidered styles
  • 22 fine cotton sheets
  • Table cloths in different materials and designs
  • 12 men's cotton shirts
  • 40 women's cotton shirts
  • Various pillowcases and handkerchiefs
  • Baby items including swaddling clothes and a cradle sheet
  • 84 napkins
  • Various aprons and head coverings
  • Clothing items including a black office coat and embroidered bodice with gold and black silk

On August 19, 1661, Juriaen Laubengier from Amsterdam (who had received transfer rights from Johan Kemp senior, who was the heir of his son Johan Kemp junior who had been married to Isabelle Fredricx) and Louis Craijer (who was appointed guardian by the city orphanage officials for the child of Maria Nachtegael, daughter of Isabelle Fredricx) appeared before notary Adriaen Lock.

They had a dispute about dividing the inheritance left by Johan Kemp junior and Isabelle Fredricx. On February 28, 1659, they had agreed to let lawyers Benedictus Ingels and Jacob dela Mine settle their dispute. However, these arbiters could not reach an agreement.

Therefore, they appointed lawyer Paulus de Bisschop as a third arbiter to help resolve the dispute alongside Ingels and dela Mine. De Bisschop received the same powers as the other arbiters.

The document was witnessed by Dirck vander Groe and Floris van Winde in Amsterdam.

• Take back her original property brought into the marriage
• Share in any profits and losses from during the marriage

• Take back all property that Isabelle Fredricx brought into the marriage according to the inventory
• Not claim any profits made during the marriage
• Not bear any losses from during the marriage

On September 23, 1660, two witnesses appeared before notary Adriaen Lock in Amsterdam. The first witness was Jan Fredricxsz, a 34-year-old ship captain from Sweden, and the second was Theunis Reijersz, a 29-year-old carpenter. They made a statement for Pieter Leujus about events that happened when they were recently sailing from Stockholm.

They were transporting a trunk with goods belonging to the person who requested this statement. While they were in the North Sea near the coast, they encountered a privateer ship from Ostend. The privateer's captain was Pieter Thijsz from Zilt in Flanders. Jan Fredricxsz went aboard the privateer's ship with four of his crew members to show his papers. Captain Thijsz kept them on his ship and sent 22 of his own men to Fredricxsz's ship.

Earlier, on the same day, Hendrick Hendricxsz Westphalen, aged 46, and Geurt Ringelenburch made a statement for Johannes Kemp. They confirmed that they recognized the handwriting and signature on an original document as belonging to Juriaen Laubengier, having seen him write and sign documents multiple times. Notary Lock also confirmed knowing Laubengier's handwriting and signature.

On December 16, 1647, Adriaen Lock, a notary, witnessed Johannes Maineir, who was Fiscal and Counsel to His Princely Highness Duke Jacobus of Courland and Semigallia in Livonia. According to a power of attorney dated July 8, Maineir appointed Philips Jacob Snijder, Jacob van Zwieten (also a public notary), and Andries Polster, together and individually, to represent the Duke in a legal dispute with Juriaen Laubengier and Johannes Kemp. These representatives were to appear before good men (arbitrators) as required, and handle all legal matters related to this case. The document was signed in Amsterdam in the presence of witnesses Jan Gerritsz Elsenburch and Jan Molsaert.

• Philips Jacob Smeidert, representing the Duke of Courland
• Juriaen Laubengier
• Joannes Kemp
• Andries Polster

• The matter of the Moose had already been settled before arbitrators
• All documents were in the arbitrators' possession
• Smeidert had already received copies
• The information was also in Smeidert's own books

• He claimed 270 guilders for nine months of premium on the ship "de Fortuijn"
• He had already paid 150 guilders to Juriaen Laubengier for damages on the same ship
• The Duke of Courland still owed him money for purchased timber

On January 14, 1666, Agneta Kemps, widow of Juriaen Laubengier, appeared before notary Adriaen Lock in Amsterdam. With Louis Craijers as guardian of Maria Nachtegaels' child (who was the daughter of Isabelle Fredricx), they settled the inheritance following a ruling made on October 27, 1665 by judges Abraham Becker, Paulus Bisschop, and Jacob de Lamine.

The financial settlement included:

• House "de Bock": 3,800 guilders
• Cabinet: 750 guilders
• Porcelain: 1,350 guilders
• Missing household items: 200 guilders
• Payment to Engel Graef: 100 guilders
• Tax payments: 120 guilders
• Property tax for 1.5 years: 112 guilders and 10 stuivers
• Fees for judges and innkeeper of Golden Lion: 119 guilders and 9 stuivers

Agneta Kemps received:

• Money from Kemp: 1,000 guilders
• Money from various parties including Lutheran church, Reformed church deacons, and Hatsteede community: 2,050 guilders
• Payment from Albert Eggericx: 800 guilders
• Death duties: 370 guilders
• Other claims: 4,600 guilders

The final settlement awarded Agneta Kemps 1,468 guilders and 1 stuiver. The document was witnessed by Jacobus Snel and Johannes Freurup.

On May 27, 1659, Marritgen Jacobis, a 59-year-old widow of Gerrit Jansz van Goor and a secondhand dealer living in Amsterdam, made a sworn statement before notary Adriaen Lock. The statement was requested by Juriaen Laubengier, also a resident of Amsterdam. She testified that:

• Several years ago, she bought two separate batches of porcelain items from Belitgen Fredericx, wife of Johannes Kemp
• Later, she also purchased from Belitgen Fredericx a camphor wood chest with a stand and a daybed or bedstead
• She paid a substantial sum directly to Belitgen Fredericx for these items
• Johannes Kemp was not involved in these sales and received no money from them
• Belitgen Fredericx insisted that the items belonged to her alone and that her husband had no say in the matter

The statement was witnessed by Coenraet Felt and Jan Pietersz.

On February 28, 1659, Juriaen Laubengier, a resident of Amsterdam, appeared before notary Adriaen Lock. Laubengier had received transport rights from his father-in-law Johan Kemp the elder, who was the sole heir of his deceased son Johannes Kemp. This transport was executed on February 24 of the same year.

The other party was Louis Cruijers, who was appointed by the city's orphanmasters as guardian, replacing Laurens Ketels and Hans Schrijver, for the child of Maria Nachtegaels (daughter of Isabelle Fredericx, who was the wife of the deceased Johannes Kemp).

Both parties had disputes about:

• The goods brought in by Isabelle Fredericx
• The widow's portion that the surviving spouse should receive

To avoid further troubles and legal proceedings, they agreed to:

• Have their disputes settled by lawyers Benedictus Ingels and Jacob Delamine from Amsterdam
• Allow the appointment of a third arbitrator if the two lawyers cannot reach an agreement
• Appear in person or send a representative with full instructions when summoned with 24 hours notice
• Accept penalties for not appearing after being summoned
• Accept the final decision as binding

The agreement was witnessed by Bernart Kemp and Jan Claesz Star in Amsterdam, and required approval from the city's orphanmasters regarding Louis Cruijers' guardianship of the orphaned child.

• There was already a king ruling the Muslim part of Bintaoena
• They believed Christian Bintaoena could be governed just as well by a regent as by a king