Container
Box 9
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File — Box: 9
File — Box: 9
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Brodhead presumably purchased these documents after the fire on January 28, 1844 at the Ministry of Naval Affairs building in The Hague, where the admiralty archives were kept. The smoldering archives were thrown out of the windows and scattered through the city. Only part of the burnt materials were returned and are now kept in the National Archives. Other materials ended up in the hands of collectors.