Brienne Pstal Archive: Letter from Cornelis Steijn to his mother on paper torn out of a blank book, Europe (1696) from museum hot son Watch Video
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Description: Letterlocking: Brienne Postal Archive: Letter from Cornelis Steijn to his mother on paper torn out of a blank book, Europe (1696)nModel found in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries (MIT), Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC 0760. nnThe author of this letter, Cornelis Steijn, was a sailor in the Dutch navy. His misfortunes began during the Nine Years’ War (1688–1697): in June 1696 his ship encountered four French enemy vessels off the coast of Brittany. Outgunned and
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