1 folio leaf handwritten on both sides with the embossed revenue stamp at the top of the first side and the red seal CDGHoop on the second page of the document, which is in very good condition.
This document dated 6 May 1727 describes how Willem Leendeert Hamerling borrowed 2000 rix dollars from the Church. The citizens, Andries Muller and Hendrik Schroeder stood surety for this loan. Their signatures as well as those of Hendrik Swellengrebel (before he became Governor) and C. Brand appear at the bottom of this document, which is witnessed by De Grand Preez.
Glass (Ian Stewart) Notes about the Cape page 105: Josephus de Grand Preez arrived at the Cape in 1722. He achieved the VOC rank of Merchant and was Secretary to the highest body of Government, the Council of Policy. He died in 1761.
Hendrik Swellengrebel (Cape Town, 20 September 1700 - Utrecht, 26 December 1760) was the first and only Dutch East India Company governor of the Dutch Cape Colony who was born in the Cape. Swellengrebel was governor from 14 April 1739 to 27 February 1751. In his time, new districts were added to the colony. The town of Swellendam in the Western Cape is named after him and his wife Wilhelmina Helena ten Damme. In 1751 he was succeeded as governor by Ryk Tulbagh. Upon return to the Netherlands, he bought the land now known as the Cape Forests in Utrecht. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Swellengrebel
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