To my dear Pieternelletje : : grandfather and granddaughter in VOC time, 1710-1720 / / Bea Brommer.
To my dear Pieternelletje describes a ten-year period in the lives of Pieternella van Hoorn and her grandfather Willem van Outhoorn, former governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. Eleven years old, Pieternella left for Amsterdam and the only contact possible was by mail. Numerous letters have sur...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill Hes and De Graaf,, [2015] |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- The verenigde oost-indische compagnie (voc), the dutch united east india company
- My Long_Standing Request for my Release
- Sing the Watch Song
- Fleas and Hottentots
- Your Very dear and Beloved Father
- What a Wonderful Country
- To Invest our Pennies Securely
- Tied with a Chinese Silken bow
- Raised in my small Country Garden
- Some Pins, Needles and thread
- Becoming Quite an Amsterdam
- Those Gentlemen!
- Not Without Ailments
- Dear and Beloved Grandpapa
- The van Outhoorn Family
- The Van Hoorn Family
- The Van Riebeeck Family
- Njeij Bantam and Thebitia
- Portraits
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Sources
- Index Persons.