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Gualtherus’
sons Adrianus Quirinus (CB XIIf) (1745-1826) and Lambertus (CC XIIg) (1749-1823) complemented,
just like their grandfather and their father before them,
public with private entrepreneurship. Priorities could differ
between the two. Apart from being appointed as juror, sheriff,
bailiff, secretary, treasurer and mayor, secretary and dike-reeve
of polders, notary public and commissioner of ground-taxes,
the brothers were also ship owners. As Lambertus was mainly
regent and gouvernor, Adrianus Quirinus was more the entrepeneur
and a man of Enlightenment. In 1768 the latter bought the big
house at the Voorstraat, with warehouse and carriage houses,
as well as the wine company already established there, and
the grounds that were part of it. Still today one can see
at the door this year inscribed over a sculptured bunch of
grapes, and above this door the coat of arms of the Kolff
family. Apart from him being merchant he also had income from
agriculture. Notable are his philantropical and cultural activities.
Let me start in writing about Adrianus Quirinus' societal
interest and after that about his economical activities, which
would lead - in the course of a number of generations - to
some kind of collective company.
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Hendrina van der Hoeven
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