Description of the Subordinate Components
3409 | Diary of events kept by Jan Volkerse, commencing from
the date of general Gerard Hulft's departure for Kandy.
Damaged. Badly bound.
Partly published in "Berichten Historisch Genootschap te
Utrecht," Vol. VII, 2de serie, deel 2, p. 515; translation of same published in
journal of R.A.S., C.B. for 1889, Vol. XI, no. 38, p. 148.
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3410 | "Recueil van het verbaal", or a short account of the
negotiations, by the special commissioners of the V.O.C., ..... , de Muncq,
Graaflant, ....., and van Dam, who proceeded to England to represent the
interests of the V.O.C. at the conference regarding a treaty between the
Netherlands and England after the second peace of Westminster in
1674. Certified copy from Batavia.
Here the writing is damaged.
Here the writing is damaged.
Damaged.
Certified by the first sworn clerk J. van Hoorn. The fifth
volume by Pieter van Dam would have dealt with the difficulties between the
V.O.C. and the English. It was never written and only its index is included in
the fourth ms. volume in the Nationaal Rijksarchief 's-Gravenhage. On fol. 197,
no. 12 this volume is mentioned. Cf. van Dam
[2]I ,p. 221.
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3411 | Instructions issued to Reinier Casembroot on
proceeding to Persia as special commissioner from the Governor- General and
Council in Batavia. Copy.
Damaged by damp.
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3412 | Thesis by Volckert van Goens, born in Colombo; written
for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Law. In Latin. Printed. Leiden.
Damaged.
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3413-3414 | Deposited documents, used in court cases and
subsequently removed from their respective files; arranged in chronological
order.
No. 3414 damaged.
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3415 | Description of the fireworks and the various
illuminations in Colombo on
1743 December 4 on the occasion of the appointment
of Gustaaf Willem baron van Imhoff as Governor-General of the Dutch East
Indies, by Hendrik Leembruggen. Copy.
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3416 | List of medicines sent from Galle to Batavia by order
of the Ceylon government; signed by Jn. Wm. Nieper.
Yearly Ceylon herbaria and medicinal plants were sent to
Patria to be tried out in the laboratories and the medicinal gardens at Leiden,
Delft and elsewhere in the Netherlands. Their accompanying lists with names
appear regularly among the annexes of the letters sent to Patria from Colombo
and Galle.
Damaged by damp.
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3417-3418 | Collection of private deeds of land in the fort of
Colombo, with details of the transfer and the amounts noted thereon, probably
deposited in connection with court cases.
This collection is very similar to that in the surveyor
general's office.
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3419 | Account book in respect of money due to Magdalena
Jacoba Sézilles, née van Buuren.
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3420 | Memoir by the departing "directeur" of Surat, Abraham
Josias Sluysken, for his successor Peter Sluysken. With annexes. Certified
copy.
Papers missing.
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3421 | Drafts of letters and documents of the sworn
"procureur" A.H. Giesler.
There is nothing to indicate how this file came to be among
the records. His later connection with the archives
[3], however, may explain the existence of this file.
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3422 | Semi-official letters addressed to governor van
Angelbeek from the Malabar coast.
This file was found among the early records of the supreme
court, Colombo.
Most of the letters are addressed to van Angelbeek while he
was governor of Ceylon by the V.O.C. official who was in charge of the
remainder of the Dutch possessions on the Malabar coast J.L. van Spall, his
relations and friends. Although it goes beyond the Dutch period, this file was
placed with the Dutch records, because the Governor who attained the status of
a private individual after
1796 February 16, seems to have taken this file
with him. In the terms of the capitulation it is stipulated that the Governor
was allowed to take away his secret correspondence in order to defend his
action.
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3423 | Correspondence of the Governor relating to the defence
and the transfer of the territories of the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon
to the British.
It is true that the documents, numbered 1 - 38½, are partly
mentioned in the council minutes (no. 760). In connection with the last
sentence in the n.b. of no. 3422, this file too has been placed here.
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3424 | The preliminary articles of capitulation of the Dutch
fortress Colombo under the command of governor van Angelbeek to the English
adjutant-general P.A. Agnew.
Although the point is debatable, this document has been taken
in with the Dutch records. Published: G. Nypels, Hoe Nederland Ceylon verloor,
's-Gravenhage 1908, pp. 79 et ff.
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3425 | Collection of documents connected with Ceylon bearing
on the front page a stamp of A.E. Buultjens, who had probably collected them.
Among them is a report describing the country or river depths
and shallows of the coasts of Ceylon, Coromandel and Bengal and an "accurate
description" of the rivers of Bengal or Hoogly for purposes of navigation.
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3426 | Collection of seals which have been removed or cut out of documents in the Dutch records, and which cannot be replaced. |