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

The Apothecary

Feast of the Bean King

The Virginal Lesson

The Poultry Woman

The Intruder

Work in Holland

in the 1600's

Oude Delft 73

address:

Oude Delft 73

location:

west side 2 properties south of Poppesteeg

current use:

residence

year built:

1536

ORA inv. 281-283 or 285 fol.:

902v1

from:

Aernoud van Beresteijn 3l146

family owner:

Maria Maertens Hogenhouck

to:

Salomon Staal 6h010v 6h016v?

Maria Maertens Hogenhouck (1648-1720) and husband Anthony Wevering got this property when he was mayor in a scheiding from the Beresteijn family. Notary Pieter Coel. They gave it to their daughter, Sophia, widow of Johan Adriaan Theirens, in 1719. See Achter de Gevels.

1832 Kadaster number:

E0555