17070406STA00
1707, April 6
Stade
Burgomaster and city council of Stade issue a sea pass on behalf of Johann Otto Bossaw for his ship Der weisse Schwan of 48 lasts, under command of skipper Hans Heldt, for a journey from the Schwinge to Hillswick in Shetland with salt, beer, brandy, mead, meal, fishing lines, hooks, tobacco, stoneware and other commodities, and back with salted fish, herring, fish oil, butter, tallow and other commodities.
Stade, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Stade
Rep. 5a Nr. 3761
Fächer 227-230, no. 25
One bifolio
Paper
Stamped 213
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. 892.