17070311STA00

1707, March 11

Stade

Burgomaster and city council of Stade issue a sea pass on behalf of Johann Otto Bossaw for his ship St. Catharina of 18 to 20 lasts, under command of skipper Lorenz Kruse, for a journey from the Schwinge to Lerwick, Whalsay, “Sickeroo” or another harbour in Shetland with beer, brandy, tobacco and flour, and back with salted fish, fish oil, butter, hides (‘Jufften’), tallow and other commodities.

Stade, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Stade

Rep. 5a Nr. 3761

Fächer 227-230, no. 25

One bifolio

Paper

Stamped 285

Sealed with a piece of paper

High German

Stamped with the coat of arms of the duchy of Bremen and surrounding text: ZWOLF LUB. SCHILLING, above: N. 5.


See Claus Tiedemann, Die Schiffahrt des Herzogtums Bremen zur Schwedenzeit (1645-1712) (Stade 1970), App. 11, no. 875.