Author: UDEN MASMAN, H(endrik).
Title: Kort verslag van den zwaren brand te Paramaribo, hoofdplaats der kolonie Suriname, op den 21 januarij 1821 voorgevallen. Benevens eene kerkelijke redevoering, uitgesproken den eersten zondag na deze ramp.
Description: Amsterdam, G.S. Leeneman van der Kroe, 1821. Original blue wrappers. 40 pp. The fire began in the backyard of the Cornerhouse at Paramaribo and quickly advanced to an old storage building full of flammable material. A hard-blowing northeastern wind intensified the fire, which ignited one house after another. It lasted for about 24 hours. Nearly 400 mansions and about 800 storerooms and dwellings were burned to the ground. Published for the benefit of the unfortunate inhabitants of Paramaribo. 'Thanks to this special small book by Hendrik Uden Masman, Minister of the Reformed Church, we have a detailed overview of how the fire spread on that day. The 'booklet' is one of the rarer titles in the Surinamese library'' (Carl Haarnack). Knuttel 25069; not in Sabin, Muller, America or Suriname-catalogus UB Amsterdam.

Keywords: America Dutch travel South America Suriname