Transactional account,

for the Honourable Sirs Directors of the Commercie Compagnie in Middelburg, Zeeland,

from her Honourable snow ship The Unity. Sold cargo goods at the coast of Guinea in Africa, traded for slaves, elephant tusks, scrivellors, gold, rice, etc. From this the necessary ship’s expenses were also paid along the same coast.

The amount of the sold cargo goods are without taking into account any expenses ƒ 37.129:18:8

Sum ƒ 37.129:18:8

326 heads of traded in slaves amount to sum ƒ 32.624:0:11

96 pieces of 3.611 lb. traded in tusk ƒ 2.279:6 15/16:0 [and] 55 pieces of 322 lb. traded in pieces of elephant's tusks or small tusksscrivellors ƒ 84:18:10 ½, [total] 3.933 lb., ƒ 2.364:5:9 ½

The goods sold for gold amount to 8 O 8 E, ƒ 283:0:0

According to declaration, 5 drained anchors of malt brandy ƒ 30:0:0

Expenses

• 2.968 lb. traded in rice for ship’s consumption ƒ 68:15:7
• 40 1 fathom = 1.7 cubic metresfathoms en 160 pieces of firewood ƒ 157:0:0 [and] canoo wage of water, ballast, firewood ƒ 540:0 2/16 [total] ƒ 697:0:2

ƒ 765:15:9

• 1 hoghead 2½ aume palm oil for the slaves ƒ 46:15 23/32
• 5 aumes lime juice for dito ƒ 92:15
• 24 chests millet, tobacco pipes etc. for dito ƒ 346:19

ƒ 486:9:11½

Used goods on expenses of the ship ƒ 35:16:3

Taxes paid to the kings of Africa ƒ 13:16:4

ƒ 1.301:18:11½

Remainder of the goods at the coast of Africa ƒ 586:14:8

Sum ƒ 37.129:18:8

Nota bene. From the above noted 8 ounces 8 English gold was 1 ounce English lent to him on 3 April 1762given to master carpenter Paulus Christiaan Kempe when he was alive at the roadstead of ShamaGhanaFort St. Sebastian. He was charged 41 guilders per ounce and this was noted down in the ship’s wages book. From the gold now rest 7 ounces 6 English for the Lord directors.

O = ounce, a unit of measurement for gold

E = engels, a unit of measurement for gold