Browse Letters

All the entries to the diplomatic letters are shown here chronologically. They are divided over a few hundred pages, all of which can be browsed. Please navigate and read through these pages by clicking on first, previous, next, or last, or by entering a page number. When you click on the archive reference item or icon of one of the entries, a new tab will open showing the scan of the folio that corresponds with the letter.

Inserted on Description Archive Reference
April 29, 1636
Source: Ayutthaya
Destination: Batavia
Ruler: Phra Khlang
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 3, page 88-88 
March 14, 1636
Source: Launggyet
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 3, page 37-38 
Jan. 17, 1636
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 3, page 8-9 
Jan. 17, 1636
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 3, page 9-10 
Aug. 24, 1634
Original Date: Aug. 17, 1634
Source: Banten
Destination: Banten
Notes: Written by the Governor-General while he was docked in Banten.
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 2, page 371-372 
May 7, 1632
Source: Jepara
Destination: Batavia
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 2, page 74-76 
Sept. 20, 1628
Source: Teluk Jakarta
Destination: Batavia
Notes: Written during the first siege of Batavia.
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 1, page 356-357 
June 24, 1625
Original Date: Jun. 11, 1625
Source: Batavia
Destination: Batavia
Ruler: Henry Hawley
Notes: Inserted in English.
Language: Dutch (translated)
volume 1, page 170-171