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A Pair of Dutch Notarized Legal Documents from Haarlem dated 1798 and 1803 - This lot features two original Dutch legal documents from the city of Haarlem, dated January 30, 1798, and September 14, 1803. Both items are manuscripts executed in iron-gall ink on laid paper with visible horizontal chain lines. The 1803 document identifies Pieter Nicolaas Quarles and Gysbert-Andre Vermeulen as magistrates (Schepenen) and mentions Abraham Schol and Cornelia Paulina van Valkenburg in relation to property on Koningstraat. It includes an embossed tax stamp for 24 stuivers and the starburst city seal of Haarlem featuring the municipal coat of arms. It is signed by an official, J. B. Nutatt. The 1798 document involves members of the College of Justice, Julius Hendrik Albicon and Hendrik Andre Purve, and lists parties including Abraham Bloemendaal and Roelof Ghele. The left margin contains financial accounting in guilders. This document bears a 1793-dated tax stamp and the Haarlem city seal, signed with a flourish by M. J. van der Meulen.