Background - continued
9/5/1698 ... the said English return-ship the Samson weighed anchor, setting her course for Saint Helena and London ...
1/6 Resolutions [frigate* Soldaat to take specie, papers, salvaged goods from 't Huys te Craijensteyn wrecked 28/5 near the Kloof, then to Mauritius for ebony; thence Madagascar for slaves, and enquire for the missing Ridderschap, believed wrecked there]
1/7 ... 751 men in garrison* ...
30/7 Resolutions [shooting of wild animals and birds permitted only from December 15 to August 15 yearly, except for own consumption and not for sale to foreign ships]
13/9 Resolutions [distilling of brandy entirely prohibited, as using corn which should be sold to the Company]
25/9 Resolutions [Jupiter surveyed and found too old to be worth repairing]
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