[Manuscripts] Dutch manuscript documents, collection of nineteen 1608-1672 (1) Dordrecht, November 1672, document concerning a plot of land next to the Blauwpoort. Request to the government of Dordrecht by the owner, Leonart van der Hulck, for a financial compensation for the illegal use of part of the plot by his neighbor Pieter van Schellenbeeck, and to keep landing stairs within proper dimensions. Manuscript on paper, 2 attached bifolia, 3 pages of text, incl. a copy of an official decree (1665) proving the ownership, 2 tax blindstamps and signatures in pen. -and 18 miscell. other documents/ notes. (total 19)

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