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Account of Jan Jansen Huyssen, commander at Bonaire

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ACCOUNT OF SUDRIES RECEIVED BY JAN JANSEN HUYSSEN, COMMANDER AT BONAIRE ] [1]

eight lines lost ]

From Cornelis Cornelisz Backer, skipper on the Grooten Sampson for 4000 lb. of dyewood sold at ƒ13 a hundred  ƒ 520 ]  
From 18 blacks who helped to load at one piece of eight per day  ƒ 4[      ]  
From 2600 lb. of wood sold to the pilot on the Samson at ƒ13 per 100  ƒ 338 ]  
From Jan Reijlofsen, skipper of the ship the Coninck Salomon from Hoom, for 7200 lb. of dyewood at ƒ13 a hundred  ƒ 936:- 
Loading at one piece of eight per day  ƒ 76:16 
From Sijbrandt Willemsen from Burgh on Texel, skipper on the ship the Carseboom, for 24 blacks who helped him at one piece of eight for each black per day  ƒ 57:12:[      ]  
Total  ƒ 1971:12:[      ]  

In addition, certain intelligence has indicated that the commander Jan Jansen van Ulpendam on the 14th and 23d of June made a present of seventeen hundred pounds of dyewood to the supracargo of the ship the Coninck Salomon from Hoom, which was chartered by the chamber of Groningen.

Notes

  • Document description is taken from O'Callaghan, Calendar, 273. See also 11:53 for references to this account. The WIC directors complained that Jan Jansen van Huyssen gave logwood to skippers who landed at Bonaire; NYCD, 14:167, 174.

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A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.