Identity area
Reference code
Ashby/Folder 6-7/7
Unique identifier
GB 275 Ashby/Folder 6-7/7
Title
Dutch Barrier Towns
Date(s)
- Circa 1792 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
11p paper
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Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Article by GA about the Dutch Barrier Towns. Briefly lists the Towns and says their fortifications have been reduced to rubble. Notes the over-zealous customs officers there. Gives a full description of the fortifications at Bergen Op Zoom, made possible by a visit to the town. Gives a brief description of the French siege and the taking of the fortress in 1745. Gives descriptions of his travels through Holland. Describes a Moravian Community near Utrecht.