Love and Money Clash in Amsterdam Dowry Plot
In January 1795 Amsterdam greets a liberating army as Master Woerden and son William navigate a costly dowry campaign. Van Elberg’s daughter faces a sparse sum while French requisitions loom for 400,000 herrings, prompting a hurried marriage plan amid canal blockade and city neatness.
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Dutch Herring Pact Turns on Dowry Plot in Amsterdam
Master Woerden and Master Van Elberg stage a birch of cunning marriage and trade to secure a bride price. Woerden buys all herrings driving up price, Van Elberg counter pretends to concede, then buys all casks, forcing Woerden to pay 16000 florins. The plan yields the dowry for Van Elberg and the pretended settlement ends with a wedding in eight days.
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Broek
Absoried van Elberg
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Sere van Elberg
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