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1 Jan 1977
TL;DR: The States of Holland were unenthusiastic: an expansion of the admiralty boards was not, they thought, in the national interest and now that the war was over, the task of these boards would become lighter as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: LATE in 1648 the small town of Schoonhoven petitioned for the right to nominate a permanent representative to the Admiralty of Amsterdam. The States of Holland were unenthusiastic: an expansion of the admiralty boards was not, they thought, in the national interest and now that the war was over the task of these boards would become lighter.1
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