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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.