Table of the Inventory of the VOC Archives kept by the Dutch National Archives of the Netherlands
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PART I. |
THE HEREN XVII AND THE AMSTERDAM |
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CHAMBER |
A. Charters 1 - 22
B. Proceedings 23 - 310
C. Outgoing documents 311 - 360
D. Incoming documents from Europe 361 - 436
E. Incoming documents from Asia 437 - 4455
1. Documents concerning the earliest fleets, 1602-1614 437 - 655
- Documents concerning the fleet under the command of Wybrand van Warwyck and Sebald de Weert, 1602-1605 437 - 453
- Documents concerning the fleet under the command of Steven van der Haghen, 1602-1607 454 - 460
- Documents concerning the fleet under the command of Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge, 1605-1608 461 - 472
- Documents concerning the fleet under the command of Paulus van Caerden, 1606-1610 473 - 533
- Documents concerning the fleet under the command of Pieter Willemz. Verhoeff, 1607-1612 534 - 566
- Documents concerning the fleet under the command of Pieter Both, 1610-1614 567 - 596
- Extracts from missives and other papers dispatched from Asia to the Republic, 1611-1613 597
- Documents concerning the United Old Amsterdam and United Old Zeeland Companies, before the incorporation of the VOC, 1602 598 - 601
- Invoices of ships' cargoes, accounts of income and expenditure, accounts drawn up by the various VOC establishments in Asia, 1608-1613 602 - 654
- Extract-missive concerning a remonstrance about the VOC trade in Asia 655
2. Duplicate proceedings of the Governor-General and Council 656 - 847
3. Duplicate diaries of Batavia ---
4. Duplicate outgoing documents of the Governor-General and Council 848 - 1052
5. Letters and papers received from Asia 1053 - 4454
- Letters and papers revceived from Asia by the Heren XVII and the Amsterdam Chamber 1053 - 3987
- Letters and papers received from the Cape of Good Hope by the Heren XVII and the Amsterdam Chamber 3988 - 4373
- Letters and papers received from China by the Heren XVII, the Amsterdam Chamber and the China Committee 4374 - 4447
- Tables of contents for the letters and papers received from Asia by the Heren XVII and the Amsterdam Chamber 4448 - 4454
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Documents from the committees of the Heren XVII and the |
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Amsterdam Chamber 4455 - 4620 |
1. Haags Besogne and other committees 4455 - 4507
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Fifth Department of the Amsterdam Chamber and Preparatory Conference |
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4507I - 4530 |
3. Committee of secret matters 4531 - 4535
4. Secret committee for the English War 4536 -4541
5. Committee for the China trade 4542 - 4582I
- General 4542 - 4561
- Auctions in the Republic 4562 - 4564
- Consignments of merchandise to and from China 4565 - 4570
- Establishment and employees in Canton 4571 - 4577
- Ships and routes 4578 - 4582I
6. Committee for drawing up the annual general balance sheet 4583 - 4600
7. Committee for inspecting the books 4601 - 4608
8. Committee for negotiating with the committee from the States General 4609
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Committee of the directors and principal shareholders of the Amsterdam Chamber |
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for the ten-yearly and four-yearly accounts of the VOC 4610 - 4616 |
10. Secret committee for financial matters of the Amsterdam Chamber 4617
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Committee of the Amsterdam Chamber for the sale of the VOC possessions on |
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the Malabar Coast 4618 |
12. Other committees of the Amsterdam Chamber 4619 - 4620
G. Documents from the advocates of the VOC 4621 - 4641
1. Pieter van Dam 4621 - 4638
2. Everard Scott 4639 - 4640
3. P.J. Guépin 4641
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Documents kept separately, partly originally miscellaneous |
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documents 4642 - 4926 |
1. Administration in Europe 4642 - 4772
- Relations with the States General 4642 - 4643
- Relations with the States of Holland and West-Friesland 4644 - 4645
- Relations with the stadhouder 4646 - 4649
- Relations with the West India and Frisian Companies 4650 - 4654
- Directors and shareholders 4655 - 4663
- Committees accredited by the States of Utrecht and Gelderland to the directors of the Amsterdam Chamber 4664 - 4677
- Committees accredited by municipal councils to the directors of the Amsterdam Chamber 4678 - 4682
- VOC employees - general 4683 - 4690
- VOC employees of the Amsterdam Chamber - general 4691 - 4693
- Individual VOC employees of the Amsterdam Chamber 4694 - 4701
- Private trade 4702 - 4707
- Foreign regiments and soldiers in the service of the VOC 4708 - 4711
- Church matters 4712
- Matters pertaining to coinage 4713 - 4717
- Relations with European powers 4718 - 4737
- Foreign correspondents of the VOC 4738 - 4741
- Relations with the Oostende Company 4742 - 4743
- Decline of the VOC and rescue proposals 4744 - 4771
- Letter transport of the Amsterdam Chamber 4772
2. Administration outside Europe 4773 - 4926
- Governor-General and Council 4773 - 4776
- Relations with Asian rulers 4777 - 4787
- State of the VOC possessions and trade in Asia 4788 - 4795
- VOC employees in Asia - general 4796 - 4800
- Individual VOC employees in Asia 4801 - 4807
- Dutch colonization in Asia 4808
- Private trade in Asia 4809 - 4814
- Coins, weights and measures 4815 - 4816
- Military matters 4817 - 4820
- Naval forces in Asia and return fleets 4821 - 4828
- Ships arrived in and departed from Batavia 4829 - 4831
- Amphion Society 4832
- Factories 4833 - 4926
I. Documents from the departments and offices 4927 - 7226
1. Equipage department 4927 - 5164
- General 4927 - 4931
- Ships put to sea 4932 - 4943
- Building and hire of ships 4944 - 4951
- Arming and outfitting of ships 4952 - 4966
- Provisioning of ships 4967 - 4977
- Personnel 4978 - 4990
- Passengers and stowaways 4991 - 4993
- Legal proceedings on board 4994 - 4995
- Damage 4996 - 5000
- Ships' cargoes 5001 - 5007I
- Freight traffic 5008 - 5012
- Private freight 5013 - 5016
- Navigation and navigational equipment 5017 - 5028
- Courses and landfalls 5029 - 5048
- Ship's logs 5049 - 5142
- Packetboats 5143 - 5147
- State of health on board the ships 5148 - 5161
- Ship's box 5162 - 5164
2. Pay office 5165 - 6962
- Instructions, memoranda and proceedings 5165 - 5167
- Land and sea muster-rolls, payrolls and ship's pay-ledgers 5168 - 6845
1. Land and sea muster-rolls 5168 - 5239
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Rolls of the qualified civil and military employees of the VOC |
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5240 - 5261 |
3. Payrolls 5262 - 5268
4. Ship's pay-ledgers 5269 - 6845
- Documents concerning payments of the Amsterdam and Delft Chambers 6846
- Documents concerning legacies 6847 - 6939
- Documents originating from Johannes Adami, accountant of the pay office 6940 - 6962
3. Commercial department 6963 - 7015
- General 6963 - 6969
- Personnel 6970 - 6983
- Prices and auctions 6984 - 6986
- Purchase and sale of products 6987 - 7011
- Relations between the silk manufacturers and the VOC 7012 - 7014
- Orders for return goods, earmarked for the Amsterdam Chamber 7015
4. Financial department 7016 - 7063
- General 7016 - 7029
- Management of real estate 7030 - 7048
- Bills of exchange 7049 - 7063
5. Chief accountant 7064 - 7213
- Subscription of capital 7064 - 7127
- Loans 7128 - 7141
- Book-keeping 7142 - 7213
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Miscellaneous financial documents originating from the Heren XVII and the |
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Amsterdam Chamber 7214 - 7226 |
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Documents from the clerks' office of the Amsterdam Chamber |
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7227 - 7231 |
PART II. ZEELAND CHAMBER
A. Charters 7232 - 7239
B. Proceedings 7240 - 7286
C. Outgoing documents 7287 - 7314
D. Incoming documents from Europe 7315 - 7526
1. Incoming documents directly addressed to the Zeeland Chamber 7315 - 7341
2. Documents originating from the Heren XVII 7342 - 7526
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Documents of Governor-General and Council received by the |
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Heren XVII and the Zeeland Chamber 7527 - 9191 |
1. Missives 7527 - 7599
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Duplicate proceedings and memoranda of Governor-General and Council |
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7600 - 7609 |
3. Duplicate diaries of Batavia 7610 - 7617
4. Duplicate outgoing documents of the Governor-General and Council 7618 - 7657
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Duplicate missives and reports, received by Governor-General and Council |
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from establishments in Asia 7658 - 9179 |
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Documents concerning the book-keeping in the establishments in Asia |
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9180 - 9191 |
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Documents recveived from the Court of Justice in Batavia by the |
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Heren XVII and the Zeeland Chamber 9192-9540 |
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Documents received from the establishments in Asia by the |
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Heren XVII and the Zeeland Chamber 9541 - 11024 |
1. Documents of the Director and Council of Bengal 9541 - 9624
2. Documents of the Governor and Council of Coromandel 9625 - 9734
3. Documents of the Governor and Council of Ceylon 9735 - 10207
4. Documents of the Commander (Director) and Council of Malabar 10208 - 10405
5. Documents of the Director (Governor) and Council of Surat 10406 - 10434
6. Documents of the Director and Council of Persia 10435
7. Documents of the Governor and Council of the Cape of Good Hope 10436 - 11024
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Documents of the committee for the ten-yearly and four-yearly |
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accounts 11025 - 11044 |
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Documents kept separately, originally miscellaneous documents |
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11045 - 11335 |
1. Administration in Europe 11045 - 11182
- General 11045 - 11049
- VOC employees of the Zeeland Chamber - general 11050 - 11064
- Individual VOC employees of the Zeeland Chamber 11065 - 11080
- Directors and shareholders 11081 - 11111
- Legal matters 11112 - 11119
- Relations between the VOC and other companies 11120 - 11124
- Expedition of Jacob Roggeveen, 1722-1723 11125 - 11128
- Relations with European powers 11129 - 11152
- Decline of the VOC and rescue proposals 11153 - 11159
- Relations with the Walcheren classis 11160 - 11167
- Levying of import and export duties on VOC goods 11168 - 11171
- Foreign correpondents of the VOC 11172 - 11174
- Foreign regiments in the service of the VOC 11175 - 11180
- Transport of letters of the Zeeland Chamber 11181 - 11182
2. Administration outside Europe 11183 - 11335
- Governor-General and Council 11183 - 11186
- State of the VOC establishments and trade in Asia 11187 - 11192
- Treaties with Asian rulers 11193 - 11196
- Differences of opinion between the Governor-General and Council and the Court of Justice in Batavia 11197
- VOC employees and freeburghers 11198 - 11203
- Supply and sale of products 11204 - 11206I
- Coins, weights and measures 11207 - 11209
- Naval power in Asia and the return fleets 11210 - 11222
- Military matters 11223 - 11225
- The Chinese revolt in Batavia of 1740 11226
- Medical matters 11227 - 11228
- Factories 11229 - 11335
K. Documents from department and offices 11336 - 13861
1. Equipage department 11336 - 11530
- General 11336
- VOC ships - general 11337 - 11347
- Outfitting of the fleet of Wybrand van Warwyck 11348 - 11350
- Equipage master 11351 - 11352
- Building and outfitting of the ships 11353 - 11357
- Equipment and tools 11358 - 11365
- Provisioning 11366 - 11370
- Armaments 11371 - 11388
- Personnel 11389 - 11406
- Proceedings, journals, reports and ship's logs 11407 - 11439
- State of health on board the ships 11440 - 11450
- Purchase, hire and chartering 11451 - 11463
- Unloading and searching of the ships 11464 - 11466
- Stolen and contraband goods 11467 - 11469
- Docks and channels 11470 - 11479
- Descriptions of landfalls and seaman's guides 11480 - 11489
- Shipwreck, salvage and repairs 11490 - 11507
- Convoys 11508 - 11510
- Warfare 11511 - 11513
- Relations between the Zeeland Chamber and the Admiralty 11514 - 11516
- Confiscation of VOC ships 11517 - 11518
- Algerian pirates 11519 - 11523
- Mutinies 11524 - 11525
- The 'Cinque Ports' in Dorset 11526 - 11527
- Ship's box 11528 - 11530
2. Pay office 11531 - 13330
- Proceedings 11531
- Incoming documents 11532 - 11533
- Land and sea muster-rolls, payrolls and ship's pay-ledgers 11534 - 13307
- Documents concerning legacies 13308 - 13314
- Documents kept separately concerning the salaries of VOC employees 13315 - 13330
3. Commercial department 13331 - 13620
- General 13331 - 13340
- Loading and transhipment of products 13341 - 13348
- Supply, purchase and sale of products 13349 - 13374
- Prices 13375 - 13381
- Freight for private individuals and sale of private goods 13382 - 13388
- Captured goods 13389
- Allotment of merchandise to shareholders 13390 - 13391
- Warehouse 13392 - 13397
- Orders 13398 - 13620
4. Financial department 13621 - 13757
- General 13621 - 13633
- Cashier's office 13634 - 13643
- Financial transactions between the Zeeland Chamber and the Amsterdam Chamber 13644 - 13649
- Financial transactions between the Zeeland Chamber and the States of Zeeland 13650 - 13653
- Financial transactions between the Zeeland Chamber and the Boards of the Admiralty 13654 - 13660
- Money received and advances on monies still outstanding 13661 - 13665
- Receipts 13666 - 13669
- Debt collection and tenders 13670 - 13680
- Bills of exchange 13681 - 13698
- Money matters 13699 - 13712
- Management of real estate 13713 - 13757
5. Chief accountant 13758 - 13861
- General 13758 - 13769
- Accountant's office 13770 - 13781
- Journals and ledgers 13782 - 13793
- Subscription of capital, transfer of and payment of dividends on shares 13794 - 13815
- Documents kept separately concerning shares 13816 - 13826
- Loans 13827 - 13859
- Underwritings 13860 - 13861
L. Old inventories of the chamber 13862 - 13866
PART III. DELFT CHAMBER
A. Incoming documents 13867
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Documents originating from the directors Adriaan |
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and Gerard van Vredenburch 13868 - 13875 |
C. Documents concerning the commerce PM
D. Documents concerning the equipage PM
E. Documents concerning the salary administration 13876 - 14081
F. Documents concerning the financial management 14082 - 14093
PART IV. ROTTERDAM CHAMBER
A. General 14094 - 14097
B. Incoming documents 14098 - 14099
C. Documents concerning the decline of the VOC PM
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Documents concerning the equipage and the salary administration |
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14100 - 14296 |
E. Documents concerning the commerce 14297
F. Documents concerning the financial administration 14298 - 14317
PART V. HOORN CHAMBER
A. General 14318 - 14329
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Documents concerning and originating from the directors |
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14330 - 14334 |
C. Documents of the equipage department 14335 - 14531
D. Documents of the commercial department 14532 - 14540
E. Documents concerning the financial administration 14541 - 14624
F. Documents concerning the management of the archive 14625
PART VI. ENKHUIZEN CHAMBER
A. General 14626
B. Documents concerning the salary administration 14627 - 14842
C. Documents concerning the commerce 14843 - 14848
D. Documents concerning the financial administration 14849 - 14911
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PART VII. |
DOCUMENTS WITH NO APPARENT CONNECTION |
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WITH THE VOC ARCHIVES 14912 - 14923 |
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PART VIII. |
OBSOLETE FINDING AIDS TO THE VOC |
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ARCHIVES 14924 - 14933 |
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