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[MANUSCRIPT - BRAZIL - FREDERIK HENDRIK, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau].Biblio.com

18th-century copy of a letter to the States General originally written on 20 September 1645.

1750réf. ABC_50779Oosteeklo 1750. Ca. 23 x 14.5 cm. Kept in a plastic folder between tissue paper. 1 l. Copy of an unknown letter of the Stadholder Prince Frederik Hendrik or Frederick Henry 1584-1647 to the States General in The Hague on the difficulties and the danger that threatened the Dutch colony in Brazil. Probably the original letter was written by his secretary Constantijn Huygens who always accompanied the Prince when on campaign. At the time Frederick Henry was on campaign in Zeeuws Vlaanderen Zeeland-Flanders and he stayed in the army camp near Oosteeklo ca. 5 km south-east of Sas van Ghent awaiting the upcoming siege of Hulst. On the 28th he departed at the head of his army to Hulst where the siege began on the 8th of October. The city was captured on November 5th.The letter beginning with the words Edele ende mogende Heeren besundere goede Vrunden contains the special request to alleviate the emergency situation in the Dutch colony in Brazil now Northeast Brazil around Recife and Olinda in the state of Pernambuco caused by the uprising of the Portuguese sugar plantation owners as quickly as possible and to come to the aid of the Dutch West India Company government there.Both the script and the watermark Van der Ley point to the mid-18th-century as the time of copying. Also copied are two annotations apparently occurring in the lower margin of the original regarding the route of the letter from Oosteeklo to The Hague: 1: "Uytrecht d. 21 Sept. 1645 gele.d. Jac v.Dam te Rotterdam à f. 1-" and 2: "70 Stuv. tol. Muttelenbroek".Very interesting document regarding the colonial history of Brazil as well as the relation between the Dutch Stadholder and the States General.The edges of the leaf are very slightly frayed with a rust stain from a paper clip to the upper-left corner of the leaf not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Churchill Watermarks nr. 192 1740. unknown

Asher Rare Books · Pays-Bas1 250,00 €

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