The ship Cape of Good Hope is expected, and since most of the regiment has been sent to Ceylon, they request that detachment to be sent at the first opportunity to keep the regiment together. They wished the provisions sent with Jagtrust had been more generous, especially wheat and wine, since they could share very little with the French.
On June 14, 1780, from Colombo, a letter was signed by J.M. Willem Falck, W.J. van de Graaff, D. De Vok, J.R.J. Coguaas, C. de Cock, M. Mekern, J.W. Borwater, G.E. Holst, C.D. Kraijenhoff, B. Sluisken and J.J. Billing.
The frigate Jagtrust departed from Gale on June 26. The armed Company ships Ganges, Holland, Voorberg and De Zeeuw arrived safely at Gale on August 8, and the imperial ship Dolphijn on August 5. The ship Willem de Vijfde arrived in good condition on August 2.
They express surprise that the skipper of the hooker ship Katwijk aan Rijn stopped at Mauritius on his return journey to the Cape of Good Hope, despite explicit instructions not to do so. They wish to know what necessitated this stop.
They have not heard anything from the sloop Elizabeth and the ship Verstelder. The latter is believed to have been lost in a severe storm on November 27, 1782.
They request provisions, particularly Carie, of which they are running short. They also request the closed accounts of sailor Pieter Elst from Zierikzee, who departed in 1781 on the ship Amsterdam to the Cape, and was later placed on a French ship to Mauritius and subsequently to Trincomalee. His wages according to the ship Amsterdam's muster roll were 16 guilders.
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 9991, Kamer Zeeland, INGEKOMEN STUKKEN VAN DE KANTOREN IN INDIE BIJ DE HEREN XVII EN DE KAMER ZEELAND, Stukken van de gouverneur en raden van Ceylon, Missiven van de gouverneur en raden van Ceylon aan de Heren XVII. Gedeeltelijk kopieën, 1784 feb. 28 - mrt. 12
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