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    agreement between Suriname governor Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck and Berbice governor Abraham van Pere—both were Dutch colonies at the time—the...
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    with the complicated legacy of his predecessor, Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck - Van Scharphuizen corrected some illegitimate tax rules, originating...
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    1770, mortgaging became very widespread; in the same year the Van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck family managed to sell its share to the city of Amsterdam in...
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    Everhard van Hemert, acting Governor 1680 to 1683 Laurens Verboom, acting Governor 1683 to 19 July 1688 Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, Governor...
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  • Vlacq, Dutch naval commander (d. 1703) August 20 – Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, first Dutch governor of Suriname (d. 1688) August 23 – Francis...
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