Boshoff Family Bible

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Object Auto ID

25191

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objectautoid_sahrisv1_33353

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Bible

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Books

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1.00

Object Description

BIBLE WITH LEATHER COVER AND 2 METAL CLASPS. MUSEUM ACCESSION NUMBER 61 BOOK NUMBER 1420.THERE IS SOME DAMAGE SUCH AS TEARS, LOOSE PAGES AND DISCOLOURATION.INSCRIPTION IN THE FRONT INCLUDING THE DATE 1827 AND 1803THE BIBLE ALSO CONTAINS FAMILY NAMES, LISTS WRITTEN IN INK WITH DATES.

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HAS 2 SILVER METAL CLASPS. BLACK LEATHER COVER. MUSEUM NUMBER 61 BOOK NUMBER 1420. 7.5X18X12 CM. PRINTED IN HAARLEM BY JOH. ENSCHEDE EN ZOONEN. SOME TEARS, LOOSE PAGES, DISCOLOURING. INSCRIPTION IN FRONT INCLUDING NAMES J.C MULLER, J.N BOSHOFF AND THE DATE 1827 AND 1803. FAMILY TREES WRITTEN IN THE BACK IN BLACK INK. PRINTED IN 1790s

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ON FRONT PAGE WITH DATES 1827 AND 1803. NAME OF J.N BOSHOFF, J.C. MULLER AND KRISTOPHORA. MULLER AND THE PLACE NAME GRAAFF REINET.
OTHER INSCRIPTIONS INCLUDE LISTS OF FAMILY NAMES WITH DATES.

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Object Age

1790

Object Age Comment

PRINTED 1790s

Maker Comment

JOH. ENSCHEDE EN ZOONEN, ESTABLISHED 1703, WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF HOLLAND'S FINEST PRINTING HOUSES

Production Place

HAARLEM

Netherlands

User Comment

Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (1808 - 1881) served as an elder of the Dutch Reformed Church for many years. He moved from the Cape Colony to Natal in 1839. He was married to Adriana Petronella Gertruida van Aswegen (1811 - 1878) and they had eleven children. Boshoff was chairman of the Natal Volksraad and also the main compiler of the constitution of the Republic of Natalia. He was Landrost of Pietermaritzburg, registrar and master of the Supreme Court in 1845, and in 1855 he became the second president of the Orange Free State. He returned to Natal in 1859.
Info about Boshoff, Source: L.J. Eksteen, Die Voortrekkerbegraafplaas Pietermaritzburg, p. 21.

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