Declaration by J. Scheltema on the origin of the sailstone of Tsar Peter the Great, Handwritten statement on 3 sheets of paper, folded together to create 12 pages, 10 of which are described. On page 10, a stamp stamp with the signature. Inscription: Accurately laid on / on the sailstone, / on which Czaar Peter den / Grooten in the Years / 1697 in Zaandam learned / made compasses, (...) Marked, watermark: war attributes and inscription: PRO PATRIA / J. HESSELS. Dated: vyf and twentieth / van Junij. From the year eighteen hundreds and thirteen. Signed., Zaandam, Peter I the Great (Tsar of Russia

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