An item reported that the N.H.M. hired the Dutch ship Burgemeester Hoffman captain De Witt to transport from the Netherlands towards Java, Dutch East Indies 30 non-commissioned officers an d military and to pick up at St. George d‘Elmina [Dutch Gold Coast=Ghana] 100-150 negro recruits with the same destination. The recruits were also to serve in the Dutch East Indies.(1)
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1. Frigate, captain L. Grafthuis (earlier De Witt), Rotterdam no. 451-flagged, owned by H. van Rijckevorsel, tonnage 758 tons, built 1755, homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.
