Author: EXCHANGE OF SAILORS. Title: Correspondentie tusschen zyne genade, den Hertog van Richmond, en de heeren Ooster en Van Haren betreffende onze gevangenen in Engeland.
Description: Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1781. 24 pp. Exchange of Dutch sailors kept prison in England, among them 49 of the ship Rotterdam, and English sailors of the English East India Company, wrecked off the coast of Noordwijk. 'Mr. Ooster and Van Haren administered a fund collected from donations from private individuals to support the prisoners. The Duke of Richmond interceded in England. (Knuttel 19548).
Keywords: Dutch history Dutch maritime history Holland VOC Dutch East India Company
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