From August 11, 1669 to April 4, 1670, several letters and documents were exchanged between officials in Bengal and Batavia. Constantin Jansz, the director, and his council sent multiple letters to the General Council and the Council of Seventeen. Jacobus Verburgh, the senior merchant, handed over a memo to his successor Jacobus Salderus at the Patna trading post on December 20, 1669.
The documents include:
The final document is a copy of a letter from skipper Pieter Coopman to the General Council, written from the ship "De Vryheyt" in the Strait of Sunda on December 23, 1670.
National Archives / Archives South Holland, archive number 1.04.02, Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811), inventory number 1275, Heren Zeventien en kamer Amsterdam, INGEKOMEN STUKKEN UIT INDIË, Overgekomen brieven en papieren, Overgekomen brieven en papieren uit Indië aan de Heren XVII en de kamer Amsterdam, Overgekomen brieven en papieren uit Indië aan de Heren XVII en de kamer Amsterdam, 1671 JJJJ. Derde boek: Batavia's ingekomen brievenboek, deel I
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