Transcripts of letters from the Seventeen, 1614-1700

 
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Subseries I/3/87-93 (M567-M568)
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The Gentlemen Seventeen were the group of directors who were responsible for the central management of the Dutch East India Company. They consisted of eight members of the Amsterdam chamber, four members of the Zeeland chamber, one member each from the Delft, Rotterdam, Hoorn and Enkhuizen chambers, and one director appointed in turn from one of the chambers outside Amsterdam. They usually met two or three times a year for periods of four to five weeks and used the Amsterdam or Zeeland chambers for administrative purposes.

The great majority of the transcribed letters were sent from the Seventeen to the Governor-General and Council of India. Others were sent to governors (such as Amboyna, Banda, Ceylon, Cape of good Hope), directors of factories, factors, admirals, the English East India Company, kings (such a Siam, Persia) and other rulers, and individuals living in Dutch settlements in Asia.

The English translations of selected letters can be found on M576.

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