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In a letter dated October 24, 1711 from Macassar, the Dutch East India Company discussed issues with the election of a new king in Wadjo. Although the election technically violated the 1670 contract's Article 2, which required Company ministers to be present, they decided to approve it because the chosen candidate was one of the kingdom's leading princes. They noted that similar violations had occurred before, including in 1680 when a Bone prince was installed against Wadjo's laws. They also acknowledged that the local custom in Celebes, which forbade burying a dead king before choosing a successor, made it impractical to wait for Company representatives to travel to remote Towadjo. The governor of Tol would be instructed to handle the matter when the new king came to renew and swear to the contract.

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's defect ontrent de verkhiesinge
van den nieuwe koning van
wadjo heeft men moeten
in schicken
redenen
Macassar brieff van 24:' october 1711. niet gaarne
willen misschen —
Hoewel de verkiesinge van den hooft
koning in 't rijk van Wadjo gebrek„
kig soude konnen aangesien werden,
in so verre die niet is gedaan met
voor kennisse en ten overstaan
van 's comp:s ministers, gelijk
volgens het contract van
a:o 1670. art: 2. nogtans vereijst
wierde, soo hebben wij egter, om
dat de keure tot ons genoegen
is gevallen op een van de voornaams„
te prinsen in dat rijk, goed ge„
vonden de versogte approbatie
om de nevens gevoegde daar over te verleenen, te meer
door dien men in vorige Lijden
almede

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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 7537, Kamer Zeeland, INGEKOMEN STUKKEN VAN GOUVERNEUR-GENERAAL EN RADEN BIJ DE HEREN XVII EN DE KAMER ZEELAND, Missiven, Missiven van gouverneur-generaal en raden en (bij uitzondering) van andere colleges in Batavia aan de Heren XVII of de kamer Zeeland. Gedeeltelijk kopieën, 1712 februari 12 (kopie-gen. miss.)



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