17080400STA00
[1708, April]
[Stade]
Johann Otto Bossau to the Swedish governor-general: request for a sea pass for his ship St. Catharina of 18 lasts, under command of skipper Lorenz Kruse, for a journey to Shetland.
Stade, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Stade
Rep. 5a Nr. 3762
Fächer 227-230, no. 26
One bifolio
Paper
Stamped 55
High German
Stamped with the coat of arms of the duchy of Bremen and surrounding text: VIER LUB. SCHILLING, above: N. 3.. Endorsed: Johann Otto Bossaue, Stadt Stadischer bürger undt kauffmann, bittet umb einen hochgnädigen Seepaß für sein Schiff, St. Catharina genandt, 18 Last groß, Schiffer, Lorentz Krusen, Volck undt Ladung. Sambt anliegenden original Verifications Attest. Gantz unterthänig.
See Claus Tiedemann, Die Schiffahrt des Herzogtums Bremen zur Schwedenzeit (1645-1712) (Stade 1970), App. 11, no. 990.