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[Netherlands]. Borgstede, E. den (18th/ 19th cent.). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
"E. den Borgstede", to "Den Heer A.W. Keyser Capitain onder het Grenadier Bataillon van den Lieutn. Colonel Graaf Van Rechteren Limpburg in de Hollandse Armée", dated "Amsterdam, 4 December 1793", pen and ink, 1 fold. leaf, recto and verso, (2)p. (incl. address), with attached blindst. wax seal.
- Los
- 2448
- Auktion
- Auction 81, 18-22 Nov 2024
- Abteilung
- MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS
- Schätzpreis
- 80 € – 100 €
- Zuschlag
- 90 €
- Fotos
- 2 Fotos
Zustand
Slightly frayed; lacks sm. portion of blank margin.
Anmerkungen
This letter was sent as military field post to the Austrian Netherlands in the calm winter of 1793-1794, during the era of the French Revolutionary Wars. Den Borgstede states that they are waiting for "de binnenkomst der in Engeland liggende Paquet Boot de Maria Louisa die de 26e Maij van Batavia vertrokken is" and that he is hoping for the war to come to an end. On October 21, 1795, the Maria Louisa was captured by the English at the Cape of Good Hope.