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16400508BRE00

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1640, May 8

Bremen

Bremen to Andres Brus and Nen Nyven, stewards of Unst and Yell in Shetland: request to hear witnesses in Shetland for testimonies in the court case of Segebad Detken and Marten Schnelle against Cordt and Henrich Warneken.

17040500STA00

[1704, May]

[Stade]

Nicolaus Saucke and Marten Schnelle to the Swedish governor-general in Stade: request a sea pass for Saucke’s ship Fortuna of 24 lasts, for a journey to Shetland and back to the Schwinge, on which journey Schnelle will be skipper.

17040508STA00

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1704, May 8

Stade

Burgomaster and city council of Stade issue a sea pass for the ship Fortuna of 24 lasts, on behalf of skipper Marten Schnelle and owner Nicolaus Saucke, for a journey from the Schwinge to a harbour in Shetland with salt, beer, peas, rye meal, corn brandy, mead, biscuits and other bread, barrel hoops, tobacco, soap, fishing gear, some tar, hemp, boat nails and some stoneware, and back with salted fish, herring, butter, and other commodities such as calf furs and skins, on account of Nicolaus Saucke, who sails along.

17040509STA00

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1704, May 9

Stade

Draft for a sea pass for the ship Fortuna of 24 lasts, on behalf of skipper Marten Schnelle and owner Nicolaus Saucke, for a journey from the Schwinge to a harbour in Shetland, and back with salted fish, herring, butter, and other commodities such as calf furs and skins, on account of Nicolaus Saucke, who sails along.

17040829STA00

1704, August 29

Stade

Burgomaster and city council of Stade issue a sea pass for the ship Fortuna of 24 lasts, on behalf of shipowner Niclas Saucke, with skipper Marten Schnelle, for a journey from the Schwinge to a harbour in Shetland with salt, tobacco, corn brandy, iron pipkins and other commodities, on which journey Saucke will sail along, but is not sure if the season and the weather will permit him to come back again.

17040902STA00

1704, September 2

Stade

Swedish governor-general Nicolaus Gyldenstern issues a sea pass for the ship Fortuna of 24 lasts, on behalf of shipowner Niclas Saucke, with skipper Marten Schnelle, for a journey from the Schwinge to a harbour in Shetland.