[Gorinchem]. Lot of ±270 missives, letters, resolutions, ordinances etc. incl....

[Gorinchem]. Lot of ±270 missives, letters, resolutions, ordinances etc. incl. num. manuscripts/ transcripts, mainly 18th cent., but also incl. a few earlier items.

= Rich collection on local history, but als containing quite a few index leaves to various ledgers (not present in the lot). I.a. regulations concerning the so-called "salmsteecken" in the River Maas around Dordrecht and Rotterdam (±1754); the "Staat van de Finance (van Holland) voor 1774-1781/ 1784"; on the origin of and threats posed by "IJsdammen" and on the local support for the solution proposed (±1726; short index to a ledger); "Notitie van het gepasseerde ontrent den Neder Rhijn en IJssel t'sedert den 23. Spt. 1660"; an extract from the "ordinairis Rolle van Proceduren gehouden voor heeren Scheepenen der stad Gorinchem (...) 1673-1696"; (il)legal fishery activities in the River Maas, such as the building of small dams in the river by fishermen that improve fishing but impede safe passage for ships; legal cases in the realm of private law concerning citizens in Gorinchem and surroundings, etc. etc.