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Master list (pdf) of all 602 L-numbers, their Leeuwenhoek number, and their Collected Letters number

Life in Holland

in the 1600's

Work in Holland

in the 1600's

Nieuwstraat 18

address:

Nieuwstraat 18

location:

north side small property in the middle of Nieuwstraat abutting the back of Antony's property C0154 now Hippolytusbuurt 1

year built:

1750

ORA inv. 281-283 or 285 fol.:

936v2

from:

Bought with Serval from Pieter Janszn. Hoflant 4n284

family owner:

Antony Philips Leeuwenhoek

sale letter fol.:

5r075

to:

both parts sold to Dirck van Rijck 5r230v

Antony van Leeuwenhoek bought this property adjoining his house on the Hippolytusbuurt with Carl Serval on May 8, 1708 - ORA Delft 5R, deel III, fol. 75. Serval got the front half. He lived on the Marktveld, so perhaps he used this as a rental property. Leeuwenhoek got the back half adjoining his property.

1832 Kadaster number:

C0151