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1845 Dutch Legal Document Kwinting Regarding Hereditary Lease Utrecht - This mid-19th-century Dutch legal manuscript is identified as a Kwinting met subrogatie van erfhuur, translated as a receipt with subrogation of hereditary lease. Executed in Utrecht and dated March 27, 1845, the document was produced for the benefit of Mr. J. Backer. The text provides a detailed financial and property record concerning the estate of the late Frans Henry Folker, outlining payments in gulden and cents for land leases, property taxes known as leges, and registry fees. The manuscript includes specific topographic and cadastral references for the city of Utrecht, including locations near the Maliebaan. The document is written in Dutch cursive script on a single large sheet of laid paper folded into four vertical panels. An embossed circular fiscal stamp appears in the upper left corner, featuring the Dutch coat of arms with a crowned shield containing a lion rampant, flanked by the letters D and O. The document bears the signature of Gijsbert Petrus Martens, the Ontvanger van de registratie or Receiver of Registration in Utrecht. A final handwritten endorsement dated August 6, 1845, is signed by Jacob Backer. Height: 13 inches Width (unfolded): 16.5 inches.