An item mentioned that ship brokers J. de Files, V. de Vries, T. Beth Ysbrands and T. van Lingen sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 13 July 1767 1/32 share in the whaling tools of commandeur Cornelis Swan, went with a chartered ship towards Greenland with 6-7 boats, to be sold without restrictions, bookkeeper Pieter Swan, 50 guilders, stroke 25 guilders, not sold.(1)
Note
1. Greenland commandeur between 1751-1768, 1768 for director Pieter Swan, Oostzaan, Netherlands, 1/2 whale-25 barrels blubber-40 quardelen whale oil-25 walrusses. Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.
Source
De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, July, Amsterdam, 1767.
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