M550 - M576
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Series IOR/I/3/1-106. Transcripts and translations of Dutch records, 1600 - 1700
Subseries I/3/1-86 (M550-M567). Transcripts of letters from India, 1600 - 1662
The title of this series of records is somewhat misleading: they are not confined to letters and they were written from Dutch settlements and factories throughout Asia, not just in India. In addition to letters, there are legal documents, treaties, contracts, reports of diplomatic missions and trade negotiations, historical summaries and accounts, daily registers of expeditions, journals of ships' captains, descriptions of towns, resolutions, lists of merchandise and prices, and instructions to naval officers and factors. A large number of the letters were written to the directors of the VOC in the Netherlands, many of them from the Governor-General and Council in Batavia. There is also a great deal of correspondence between the Governor-General and governors, directors, factors, admirals, captains and Dutch residents in the East Indies, India, Japan, Siam and elsewhere and also between the Governor-General and kings, sultans, rajahs and other rulers. There is some correspondence with agents of the English East India Company and Portuguese governors...
Documents 1-31, 1600 - 1608 (File I/3/1)
Documents 32-68, 1607 - 1616 (File I/3/3)
Documents 69-126, 1615 - 1620 (File I/3/5)
Documents 127-171, 1621 - 1623 (File I/3/7)
Documents 172-190, 1622 - 1624 (File I/3/9)
Documents 191-221, 1621 - 1625 (File I/3/11)
Documents 222-234, 1625 - 1626 (File I/3/13)
Documents 235-288, 1626 - 1629 (File I/3/15)
Documents 289-318, 1629 - 1634 (File I/3/17)
Documents 319-349, 1634 - 1637 (File I/3/19)
Documents 350-367, 1638 - 1639 (File I/3/21)
Documents 368-405, 1639 - 1642 (File I/3/23)
Documents 406-425, 1643 - 1644 (File I/3/25)
Documents 426-451, 1644 - 1645 (File 1/3/27)
Documents 452-496, 1645 - 1647 (File I/3/29)
Documents 497-514, 1646 - 1651 (File I/3/31)
Documents 513-537, 1650 - 1651 (File 1/3/33)
Documents 538-550, 1652 - 1654 (File I/3/35)
Documents 551-578, 1654 - 1655 (File I/3/37)
Documents 579-601, 1655 - 1656 (File 1/3/39)
Documents 602-623, 1656 - 1657 (File I/3/41)
Documents 624-638, 1657 - 1658 (File I/3/43)
Documents 639-653, 1659 - 1660 (File 1/3/45)
Documents 654-669, 1660 - 1661 (File I/3/47)
Documents 670-685, 1661 - 1662 (File I/3/47)
Documents 686-705, 1662 - 1663 (File 1/3/51)
Documents 706-728, 1662 - 1665 (File I/3/53)
Documents 729-738, 1665 - 1667 (File I/3/55)
Documents 739-766, 1667 - 1670 (File I/3/57)
Documents 768-790, 1670 - 1672 (File 1/3/59)
Documents 791-811, 1672 - 1673 (File I/3/60)
Documents 812-825, 1673 - 1674 (File I/3/61)
Documents 826-839, 1674 - 1675 (File 1/3/62)
Documents 840-872, 1674 - 1679 (File I/3/63)
Documents 873-899, 1679 - 1681 (File I/3/64)
Documents 900-929, 1681 - 1683 (File I/3/65)
Documents 930-946, 1683 - 1684 (File 1/3/66)
Documents 947-963, 1684 - 1686 (File I/3/67)
Documents 965-976, 1685 - 1686 (File I/3/68)
Documents 977-990, 1686 (File 1/3/69)
Documents 991-1020, 1687 - 1689 (File I/3/70)
Documents 1021-1054, 1688 - 1689 (File I/3/71)
Documents 1055-1076, 1689 (File I/3/72)
Documents 1077-1132, 1689 - 1690 (File I/3/73)
Documents 1134-1141, 1688 - 1689 (File I/3/74)
Documents 1142-1171, 1689 - 1691 (File I/3/75)
Documents 1172-1203, 1691 - 1693 (File I/3/76)
Documents 1203-1222, 1691 - 1693 (File 1/3/77)
Documents 1103-1104, 1223-1275, 1690 - 1693 (File I/3/78)
Documents 1276-1301, 1693 - 1694 (File I/3/79)
Documents 1302-1369, 1694 - 1695 (File I/3/80)
Documents 1369-1377, 1694 - 1695 (File I/3/80)
Documents 1378-1435, 1696 - 1697 (File I/3/81)
Documents 1436-1461, 1696 - 1697 (File I/3/82)
Documents 1462-1504, 1697 - 1699 (File I/3/83)
Documents 1505-1549, 1698 - 1699 (File I/3/84)
Documents 1550-1588, 1698 - 1699 (File I/3/85)
List of volumes of letters from India compiled by Danvers when selecting documents for transcribing, 1622 - 1640 (File I/3/86)
Copy (in French) of accord concluded between the English and Dutch commissioners, 25 Jan. 1622/23. List of Portuguese documents (and English translation) found among Dutch records, principally from Goa and Malacca, 1639-1640. Undated Dutch letter on the state of Portuguese settlements, c. 1638-1639.
Subseries I/3/87-93 (M567-M568). Transcripts of letters from the Seventeen, 1614 - 1700
The Gentlemen Seventeen were the group of directors who were responsible for the central management of the Dutch East India Company. They consisted of eight members of the Amsterdam chamber, four members of the Zeeland chamber, one member each from the Delft, Rotterdam, Hoorn and Enkhuizen chambers, and one director appointed in turn from one of the chambers outside Amsterdam. They usually met two or three times a year for periods of four to five weeks and used the Amsterdam or Zeeland chambers for administrative purposes...
Documents 1-41, 1614 - 1620 (File I/3/87)
Documents 42-51, 1614 - 1620 (File I/3/87)
Documents 52-99, 1624 - 1633 (File I/3/89)
Documents 100-169, 1633 - 1666 (File I/3/91)
Documents 170-228, 1666 - 1700 (File I/3/93)
Subseries I/3/95-106 (M568-M570). Transcripts of letters from the Governor-General, 1614 - 1700
The letters from the Governor-General in Batavia were written to Dutch generals, admirals, captains, governors, factors, the English East India Company, Portuguese governors, kings and other rulers. They often contain instructions. One important example is the instructions from Anthony Van Diemen to Captain Abel Tasman and the chief mate Franz Visscher on their voyage of discovery on the Heemskirk, 13 August 1642...
Documents A-X2, 1617 - 1622 (File I/3/95)
Documents A-X2 (contd.), 1617 - 1622 (File I/3/95)
Documents Y2-Y5, 1622 - 1632 (File I/3/97)
Documents Z5-N7, 1633 - 1643 (File I/3/99)
Documents O7-W8, 1644 - 1655 (File I/3/101)
Documents X8-C10, 1656 - 1662 (File I/3/102)
Documents D10-I11, 1663 - 1666 (File I/3/103)
Documents J11-I13, 1668 - 1680 (File I/3/104)
Documents J13-Z14, 1681 - 1686 (File I/3/105)
Documents A15-K17, 1686 - 1699 (File I/3/106)
Subseries I/3/2-58 (M571-M576). Translations of Letters from India, 1600 - 1670
Documents 1-31, 1600 - 1608 (File I/3/2)
Documents 32-78, 1607 - 1616 (File I/3/4)
Documents 79-126, 1615 - 1620 (File I/3/6)
Documents 127-171, 1621 - 1623 (File I/3/8)
Documents 172-190, 1622 - 1624 (File I/3/10)
Documents 191-221, 1621 - 1625 (File I/3/12)
Documents 222-234, 1625 - 1626 (File I/3/14)
Documents 235-288, 1626 - 1629 (File I/3/16)
Documents 289-318, 1629 - 1634 (File I/3/18)
Documents 319-349, 1634 - 1637 (File I/3/20)
Documents 350-367, 1638 - 1639 (File I/3/22)
Documents 368-405, 1639 - 1642 (File I/3/24)
Documents 406-425, 1643 - 1644 (File I/3/26)
Documents 426-451, 1644 - 1645 (File I/3/28)
Documents 452-496, 1645 - 1647 (File I/3/30)
Documents 497-514, 1646 - 1651 (File I/3/32)
Documents 515-537, 1650 - 1651 (File I/3/34)
Documents 538-550, 1652 - 1654 (File I/3/36)
Documents 551-578, 1654 - 1655 (File I/3/38)
Documents 579-592, 1655 - 1656 (File I/3/40)
Documents 593-601, 1655 - 1656 (File I/3/40)
Documents 602-623, 1656 - 1657 (File I/3/42)
Documents 624-638, 1657 - 1658 (File I/3/44)
Documents 639-653, 1659 - 1660 (File I/3/46)
Documents 654-669, 1660 - 1661 (File I/3/48)
Documents 670-685, 1661 - 1662 (File I/3/50)
Documents 686-705, 1662 - 1663 (File I/3/52)
Documents 706-728, 1662 - 1665 (File I/3/54)
Documents 729-738, 1665 - 1667 (File I/3/56)
Documents 739-766, 1667 - 1670 (File I/3/58)
Subseries I/3/88-94 (M576). Translations of letters from the Seventeen to India, 1614 - 1700
Documents 1-51, 1614 - 1620 (File I/3/88)
Documents 52-99, 1624 - 1633 (File I/3/90)
Documents 100-169, 1633 - 1666 (File I/3/92)
Documents 170-228, 1666 - 1700 (File I/3/94)
Subseries I/3/96-100 (M576). Translations of letters from the Governor General, 1617 - 1643
Documents A-X2, 1617 - 1622 (File I/3/96)
Documents Y2-Y5, 1622 - 1632 (File I/3/98)
Documents Z5-N7, 1633 - 1643 (File I/3/100)
