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Senate House Library, University of London

Memorandum on Dutch trade in the West Indies

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 24

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Memorandum on Dutch trade in the West Indies

Date(s): 1608

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 6 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

This manuscript appears to be a translation of a very rare tract published in 1608 entitled Waerschouving van de ghewichtige redenen die Heeren Staten General behooren de beweghen, om gheensins te wijcken van de handelinghe en de vaert van Indien, possibly by William Usselincx, of which a translation into French by Jean François Le Petit entitled Sommaire recueil des raisons plus importantes, qui doivent mouvoir Messieurs des Etats des Provinces unies du Pays bas de ne quitter point les Indes was made, also in 1608. Asher attributes this tract to William Usselinex, but J. F. Jameson is of the opinion that he was not the author (William Usselinex, New York, 1887).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 1608, containing a memorandum outlining reasons why the States General (the Dutch National Assembly) should not abandon trade with the West Indies, entitled 'Memoire des très prégnantes raisons qui doisvent esmouvoir Messigneurs les Estats Généreaux des Provinces Unies pour n'abandonner le trafficq des Indes'.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript folio. Bound in quarter-morocco.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

The British Library, London, holds several editions of the original Dutch tract [by William Usselincx].

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

The original Dutch tract from which this copy was made is discussed in G M Asher A bibliographical and historical essay on the Dutch books and pamphlets relating to New Netherland and to the Dutch West India Company (Amsterdam, 1854-1867) and J F Jameson William Usselincx (New York and London, 1887).

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.