References
Archival material
- Danish National Archives – DNA (Rigsarkivet)
- West India and Guinea Company, The Board of Directors – WIGC/B
- (Vestindisk-Guineisk Kompagni, Direktionen)
- Archive no. 446
- 446:3 Charter of the West Indian Company of 1671 etc. (Oktroj for Det vestindiske kompagni af 1671 m.m.)
- 446:6 Book of participants’ resolutions 1675–1690 (Participanternes resolutionsprotokol)
- 446:12 Board of Directors’ minute book A, 11 March 1671 – 7 April 1680 (Direktionsprotokol Litra A)
- 446:27 Instructions, commissions, contracts and sworn statements 1671–1690 (Instruktioner, bestallinger, kontrakter, og edelige reverser)
- 446:41–42 Letter copybook A, 16 December 1671 – 7 November 1676 (Brevkopibøger Litra A)
- 446:77 Incoming and outgoing letters and documents, 1624–1681 (Breve og dokumenter, indkomne og udgående)
- 446:89 Letters and documents from the West Indies, 1674–1675 (Breve og dokumenter fra Vestindien)
- 446:138 Calculations of Company affairs etc., 1671–1750 (Beretninger over kompagniets tilstand m.v.)
- 446:170 Concerning the West Indies 1664–1753. Regarding naval prosecutor Michel Michelsen’s commission at St. Thomas 1684–1686, 1688 (Vestindien vedkommende. Søfiskal Michel Michelsens kommission på St. Thomas vedk.)
- 446:181 Concerning the West Indies 1671–1753. Correspondence concerning the expatriation of delinquents, prisoners and paupers to the West Indies (Vestindien vedkommende. Korrespondance vedr. udsendelsen af delinkventer, fanger og fattiglemmer til Vestindien)
- 446:191–213 Documents concerning voyages to the West Indies and Guinea I-XXIII, 1671–1754 (Dokumenter vedr. skibsekspeditioner til Vestindien og Guinea I – XXIII)
- 446:230 Letters and documents concerning inheritance and settlement of estates left by deceased individuals in the West Indies 1671–1754 (Breve og dokumenter vedk. arv og afregninger efter afdøde i Vestindien, arv og afregning efter afdøde i Vestindien)
- West India and Guinea Company,
- Bookkeeper, Cashier and Director of Auctions in Copenhagen – WIGC/BCDAC
- (Vestindisk-Guineisk Kompagni, Bogholder og Kasserer samt Auktionsdirektør i København)
- 446:291–292 Bookkeeper’s copy book 1708–1772, 1731–1746 (Bogholderens kopibog)
- West India and Guinea Company,
- Government on St. Thomas and St. John – WIGC/GST
- (Vestindisk-Guineisk Kompagni, Guvernementet for St. Thomas og St. Jan)
- 446:1.1.1 General registers, 6 March 1672 – 2 October 1684 (Landets protokoller)
- 446:496–498 Journal of incidents on St. Thomas 1686–1691 (Journal over det på St. Thomas passerede)
- 446:509–510 Copybooks kept on St. Thomas 1686–1709, 1686–1692 (Kopibøger, ført på St. Thomas)
- West India and Guinea Company, The Secret Council on St. Thomas – WIGC/SCST
- (Vestindisk-Guineisk Kompagni, Det Sekrete Råd på St. Thomas)
- 446:488–489 Secret minute books, kept on St. Thomas, 1703–1714, 1723–1737 (Sekretprotokoller, ført på St. Thomas)
- West India and Guinea Company, Bookkeeper on St. Thomas and St. Jan – WIGC/BST
- (Vestindisk-Guineisk Kompagni, Bogholderen for St. Thomas og St. Jan)
- 446:730 Muster rolls of functionaries and soldiers on St. Thomas 1710–1715, 1753–1754 (Ruller over betjente og soldater på St. Thomas)
- 446:731–733 Tax records for St. Thomas 1688–1694, 1697–1719 (Landlister for St. Thomas). http://www.sa.dk/ao/billedviser?epid=17226838 (accessed 6 July 2015)
- The Evangelical Congregation, St. Croix – EC/SC
- (Den evangeliske menighed, St. Croix)
- Archive no. EC-770
- 1/770-1-1b Church register for the Evangelical Church in St. Croix 1740–1860, 1740–1753 (Enesteministerialbog for den evangeliske menighed på St. Croix)
- The Evangelical Congregation, St. Thomas and St. Jan – EC/ST
- (Den evangeliske menighed, St. Thomas og St. Jan)
- Archive no. EC-775
- 1/775-1 Church register 1691–1870, 1691–1795 (Enesteministerialbog)
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