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Johannes de Graaff

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Dutch colonial governor (1729-1813)

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Johannes de Graaff (1729-1813), also referred to as Johannis de Graeff in some documents, was a Dutch Governor of Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles representing the Dutch West India Company during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83).

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Johannes de Graaff (1729-1813), also referred to as Johannis de Graeff in some documents, was a Dutch Governor of Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles representing the Dutch West India Company during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). The island was a major center of contraband smuggling gunpowder to the Americans when the Dutch Republic had an official policy of embargoing trade with the Americans.

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Lived 1729 to 1813 · aged 84
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