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Majesteit bij decreet in dato 29 november 1807 behaagd hebbende, Ons tot het bekleeden van voorschrevene posten, te eligieren en aantestellen, ten einde daadlijk de regeering en het commando van deze etablissementen in handen te nemen en door het daarstellen eener vaste en energigne orde van zaaken een eindpaal te zetten, aan alle de boteringen en oneenigheeden waaraan Zijne
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Abraham de Veer married
Dorothea Elisabeth van Uytrecht on 27 May 1787. She was the daughter of Caspar Lodewijk van Uytrecht en Poulina Ellis. With her, he had one daughter and three sons. After Dorothea's death in 1793, Abraham married Aletta Schotborgh on 9 April 1797. With Aletta he had four
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Johannes. He gave him the surname of his mother-in-law: Ellis. Abraham de Veer took Johannes Ellis with him to Sint Eustatius and Suriname. A
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The daguerreotype of
Abraham's son Johannes Ellis and his wife Mary Louise Hart is the oldest known daguerreotype of Suriname.
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De Veer was honourably discharged from his duties and retired in
Suriname. He died in Paramaribo on 1 February 1838.
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