78 2421 Genealogy and heraldry Von Goetzen family 
= Correspondence and notarial acts concerning the legacy of a member of the noble family Von Goetzen from Silezia and Moravia. Contains several pieces (including the document on vellum) from the court of Frederik II the Great (signed by his secretaries).
78/2422 Genealogy and heraldry Lot of 2 documents on vellum 
= Notarial acts concerning i.a. a legacy to be received by Jan van Wijngaarden Goedschalk and his sister Christina after the passing of their parents.
AND 1 other document on vellum (mortgage bond between Frederik Adolf of Lippe and Louis Pieter van Brederode van Bolsward, dated 1701, w. attached red wax seal).
78 2423 Geodesy Schoenmaeckers J 18th cent 
78 2423 Geodesy Schoenmaeckers J 18th cent 
78 2423 Geodesy Schoenmaeckers J 18th cent 
- Contents occas. sl. dustsoiled. Vellum soiled; foot of spine sl. chipped.
= Each part starts at a cover. "Kunst de landmeeters" shows a description of how to measure angles and other elements of geometrical figures, supported by technical drawings in the same hand. The 2nd part provides recipes to cure horses from i.a. worms, cancer, other tumors or "Eksteroogen".
78 2424 Germany Augustus Wilhelm prince of Prussia 1722 1758 
78 2424 Germany Augustus Wilhelm prince of Prussia 1722 1758 
78 2424 Germany Augustus Wilhelm prince of Prussia 1722 1758 
- Most wax seals broken from clumsy opening.
= August Wilhelm von Preussen was a general major in the Prussian army, a brother of Frederick the Great and was his official heir until his death. Letters to Alexander Sweder von Spaen, a personal friend of him and his brother. In most of the letters he thanks him for sending "harangs" (herring) and "huitres" (oysters) (the herrings that he receives are always better than the ones he obtain in Germany). One letter, dated 24 August 1757, has a black mourning border (his mother Sophia Dorothea of Hanover had died a month earlier). The letter dated 2nd January 1743 is a New year's wish but also a thank you note for convincing a deserter from his cavalry regiment to return to his station.
78 2425 Germany Frederick II the Great King of Prussia 1712 1786 
- One letter portion torn off and reattached.
= Interesting collection of letters addressed to Alexander Sweder von Spaen, heer van Ringenberg, Haminkeln en Hardenstein (1703-1768), a confidant of the young Frederick who allegedly took part in the latter's failed attempt to escape to England together with his (as his generally assumed) lover Hans Hermann von Katte in 1730 (the so called Katte affair). The 4 earliest letters in this collection are short notes by an adolescent Frederick and carry a rather secretive tone, i.a. "Mon cher Span, je vous prie de faire apeler le granadié quno[?] des [?] et de lui dire de venir à 6 heure aupres du trou[?] et de m'entendre. Prenez garde que personne ne le remarque" and (in a letter dated "Berlin ce 21 Mai 1730) "Mon cher Span, je vous prie de dire au petit Keiser[?] si il ne pouvait point venir inconito [sic] lundi au soir à Berlin (...) et m'atendre jusqu'a 11 heure de 9 jusqu'a 11 heure [sic] et que je lui parlerez [sic] la, mais que sur tout il tiene silence (...)". It is tempting (but undoubtedly tricky) to identify "petit Keiser" as Von Katte who was imprisoned and executed (with Frederick being forced to watch from his cell window) on 6 November 1730.
The later letters are of a friendly, though more formal character and are mostly written by a secretary, sometimes with an addendum by Frederick himself. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
78 2426 Germany Friedrich Wilhelm I King of Prussia 1688 1740 
78 2426 Germany Friedrich Wilhelm I King of Prussia 1688 1740 
78 2426 Germany Friedrich Wilhelm I King of Prussia 1688 1740 
78 2426 Germany Friedrich Wilhelm I King of Prussia 1688 1740 
= Answering a New Year wish by Alexander Sweder baron van Spaen, dated 26 December 1738. With the contemporary manuscript copy of the original letter by Van Spaen, signed (?). Van Spaen was at this time back in the favour of the king, after the Von Katte-affaire.
AND 2 other manuscript letters SIGNED "GFriedrich" by the same to the same, dated "Wesel, le 8t aug: 1738" and "Berlin 4 Januarij, 1740". - ADDED: 2 manuscript letters, 1x SIGNED by Reinhard baron Reede van Ginkel, dated "Berlin, 3 Aout 1731" and by (?), also dated "le 3 aout 1731" to Alexander Sweder van Spaen, both informing him that they have spoken favourably to King Friedrich Wilhelm on his behalf at a dinner, after he had fallen in disgrace with the King because of his role in the Von Katte-affair.
78 2427 Germany Friedrich Wilhelm II Duke of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Beck 1687 1749 
78 2428 Germany Karl August Friedrich prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 1704 1763 
= Commander of the Dutch forces in the War of Austrian Succession. Giving him permission to accompany baron Reinhard van Reede-Ginkel ("Ghinckel") on a voyage to Berlin.
78 2429 Germany Van Spaen family 
= Letters to i.a. Jacob van Spaen (died in 1654) and Alexander van/von Spaen (1619-1692). The latter was i.a. page to Frederik Hendrik, prince of Orange and later became a military officer. The oldest letter is a letter of condolence by AMALIA VAN SOLMS ("Amelie d'Orange" (1602-1675)) to Jacob van Spaen on the death of his wife. Also includes 3 letters by Johann Georg II, Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau (1627-1693) to the same; 3 manuscript letters (dated 1737-1743) by Wilhelm VIII von Hessen-Kassel (1688-1760) to Alexander Sweder van Spaen (1703-1768); 2 letters by Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1712-1775) to the same; 4 letters by Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1721-1792) to the same; 3 letters by Ludwig Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1710-1759) to the same; letter by Charles, Prince of Soubise (1715-1787); a letter dated 1763, by an unknown author (signature erased) on Albertine-Elisabeth Pater (warden of Van Spaen), who divorced her husband in 1763 and moved to Paris, where eventually she became a mistress of king Louis XV and a spy; letter of condolence to Elisabeth Agnes Jacoba van Nassau-La Lecq (1724-1798), widow of Alexander Sweder van Spaen, by Charles N.A. Comte d'Oultremont (1716-1771).
78 2430 Germany Large lot of several hunderd manuscript documents 
= Interesting collection concerning properties, inheritances, appointments, personal correspondence etc., all written in or concerning 19th century Germany.
78 2431 Great Britain Baden Powell R S S 1857 1941 
78 2432 Great Britain Charles III b 1948 
= Thanking Mr. Burrell for his letter and his time as solicitor to "myself and the Duchy". "Although your successor begins with the fundamental disadventage of having been to the wrong university, I am sure he will live up to your recommendations!".
78 2433 Great Britain Elizabeth II Queen 1926 2022 
78 2434 Great Britain Indenture between Mrs Sarah Webbe and James Peters 
78 2434 Great Britain Indenture between Mrs Sarah Webbe and James Peters 
78 2434 Great Britain Indenture between Mrs Sarah Webbe and James Peters 
78 2435 Great Britain Victoria Queen 1819 1901 
- Cut short. = Signed "Victoria R".
AND 2 other signatures, i.a. by J. CHAMBERLAIN (1836-1914).
78 2436 Great Britain Bentinck W 1704 1774 Hardwicke Ph Y 1690 1764 
= An interesting letter by Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, accompanying his sons who will be leaving shortly for Holland and recommending them to Bentinck for his protection. Congratulating Bentinck on the success that he has had in his professional life, especially in the "happy Conclusion of that Peace, which we now enjoy". Also stating that the English have great confidence in Bentinck's capability to handle Dutch finances and finishing off by writing that Bentinck can fully trust his sons to send any requests for help or service to him.
AND 5 other autograph letters signed to Willem Bentinck, by HENRY HOLDING, J. BARON D'ULMENSTEIN, V.G. DE HOMPESCH, H. VOSKUIL and H. HOP, dated resp. "Friday Even", "Wetzlar le 20. de Mars 1746", "dans le yacht le 5 Juillet 1757", "Maestrigt Den 18 juli 1764" and "den Hage Den 22e Julij 1762", all pen and ink on paper.
= A series of letters in which Henry Holden refers to General Yorke, Mr Hendrik Hop and Lord Granville; the Baron of Ulmenstein asks Bentinck to support his brother in law De Wieger to receive a commission for a company; De Hompesch writes about a financial matter to Bentinck; and mr Voskuil asks Bentinck to favour him for a post as minister.
78/2437 Groningen Instructions for various offices pertaining to the stadt Groningen ende Ommelanden 
- Lacks backstrip; frontwr. dam.
= Contains instructions for the following offices: "Heer Stadt houder en Capitain Generael"; "Gedeputeerden"; "Rekenkaemer van de Prov:"; "Ontfanger Generael der Provintie"; "Secretar: der Heeren Staten ende Gedeputeerden"; "Secretaris op de Rekenkaemer van de Provincie"; "Clercquen op de Secretarije der Ed: Mog: Heeren Staten"; "Advocaet van de Provincie"; "Ontfanger der Coopschatspenn:"; "Commijs van de Prov:"; "Clercq van de Secretarij van de Rekenkaemer van de Provincie"; "Camer Booden van de Provincie"; "Vier Ordinaris ende drie Extraordinaris Boden der Provincie"; "Provisionele Instructie voor de Camer Bode van de Rekenkaemer der Prov:"; "Loopers ende Executeurs der Prov:"; "Naeder Ordre ofte Instructie ende Ampliatie en Correctie van eenige poincten voor Lieut: ende Hooftmannen van de Hoge Justitie Caemer der Prov:" and "Instructie voor den RentM:r der Provincie vaste goederen".
ADDED: "Aantekeningen over het Gewestelijk en Stedelijk Bestuur van Utrecht". Pen and ink on paper, ±1800, 64[=65],(239 blank),(50 index)p. contemp. vellum, 4to.
78 2438 Haarlem and surroundings Lot of 18 documents of a garden and estate called De Arend or Witte Arend later Veld en Bosch 
78 2438 Haarlem and surroundings Lot of 18 documents of a garden and estate called De Arend or Witte Arend later Veld en Bosch 
= Concerning a piece of land in the area now called De Baan, later with houses on that piece of land (now between the Wagenmakerslaan and De Baan).
78/2439 House of Orange Document concerning a child of Emilia van Nassau and Emanuel of Portugal 
= Transcript of a document from the provincial archive of Zeeland dated 1602. Emilia van Nassau (1569-1629) was a daughter of William of Orange and was married to the Roman Catholic Emanuel of Portugal (1568-1638), much to the discontent of her family. The pair had 10 children. This document probably concerns Lodewijk Willem of Portugal (1601-1660), i.a. mentioning a yearly allowance of 250 guilders from the province of Zeeland.
WITH: ±40 other transcripts of documents, 19th cent., i.a. concerning the same and an engr. portrait of Emanuel.
78 2440 House of Orange Henry III of Nassau Breda 1483 1538 
78 2440 House of Orange Henry III of Nassau Breda 1483 1538 
- Lacks portions along (blank) margins; waterst. along margins; w. a few sm. holes in centre.
= Letter mainly concerning arrangements for the army by the councelor of Charles V, the governor of Breda, Henry III.