Below is a list of transcripts of records used in creating this blog. It concerns a selection of all archive documents with information about the third voyage of the ship The Unity, present in the archive of the MCC.
- Ship’s logbook
- Surgeon’s logbook
- Trade book
- Background documents concerning trade and finances
- Conditions concerning the sale of slaves
- Authorization Abraham Wijs
- Transactional accounts
- Final financial report of the captain
- Cargo on the voyage home
- Ship’s book
- Equipage
- List of documents on board
- Cargo inventory
- Ship’s inventory
- List of supplies
- Minutes of the directors
- Instructions to the captain
- Letters from the captain
- 1st letter – October 2, 1761
- 2nd letter – January 1, 1762
- 3rd letter – May 1, 1762
- 4th letter – May 2, 1762
- 5th letter – July 6, 1762
- 6th letter – August 5, 1762
- 7th letter – August 27, 1762
- 8th letter – November 24, 1762
- 9th letter – February 18, 1763
- 10th letter – February 25, 1763
- 11th letter – March 8, 1763
- West India correspondence
- Letter from Adriaan Spoors – August 26, 1762, Essequibo
- Letter from Abraham Wijs – September 18, 1762, Berbice
- Letter from Adriaan Spoors – December 13, 1762, Essequibo
- Declarations by the Ship’s Council
- Loss of a stream anchor – May 1762
- Lethal accident of a West-African – May 1762
- Drifting waterbarrels – May 1762
- Entering Berbice – June 1762
- Drained anchors of brandy – June 1762
- Loss of the sloop – December 1762
- Desertion of two sailors – December 1762
- Notary documents
- Storm – March 14, 1763
- Damages – March 25, 1763
- Documents Concerning the Crew
- Ship’s Articles
- Muster roll
- Monthly wages
- Division slave profits among the officers
- Division bonuses among the officers
- Louis Bernard is dismissed
- Adriaan Hillebrand’s loans to the crew