Complete Collected Letters

Volumes 18, 19, and 20 of Alle de Brieven / Collected Letters became available at the end of 2024, completing the series begun in 1939. Download for free.

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Master list (pdf) of all 602 L-numbers, their Leeuwenhoek number, and their Collected Letters number

Life in Holland

in the 1600's

Work in Holland

in the 1600's

Markt 17B

address:

Markt 17B

location:

southwest corner of Markt, one north of corner, one south of Boterhuis

current use:

store below, residence above

year built:

1903

ORA inv. 281-283 or 285 fol.:

449v1

from:

Bastiaen Maertenszn. van Cuijck scheiding Schalckius van der Walle notaris 3/5/1651

family owner:

Maerten Huijchs Leeuwenhoek, Elisabeth Maertens Leeuwenhoek

sale letter fol.:

4n032v

to:

Dirck van der Linde 6l192

Maerten Huijchs Leeuwenhoek (1631-1694) gave it to his daughter Elisabeth Maertens Leeuwenhoek (1666-1743) and husband Dirck van Schie in a scheiding of 1701 05/06, notary Adriaen Leeuwenhoeck. The Bastiaen Maertens van Cuijck that Maerten got it from has same patronymic and last name as Maerten's mother Magdaleentgen Maertens van Cuijck, thus, his uncle? Rent 185/yr.

1832 Kadaster number:

C0935