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Pieter Johan van Berckel (January 1725 - 27 December 1800) was a Dutch politician, who served as mayor of Rotterdam and the first ambassador from the Dutch Republic to the United States of America.[1] He also remained part of the government of Rotterdam until 30 January 1788, when he was dismissed by William V, Prince of Orange and the Estates General of the Dutch Republic - he never returned to Rotterdam and remained a refugee, dying in Newark.[2]
He was born in Rotterdam, as a son of Engelbert van Berckel, a bewindheber (managing director) of the Rotterdam Chamber of the VOC, and Theodora Petornella van Hogendorp. His brother was Engelbert François van Berckel. He studied law at the University of Utrecht. He married Geertruid Margaretha du Bois on 11 May 1757. They had seven children. His son Franco Petrus (1760-1836) succeeded him as Minister plenipotentiary at the United States of America (1789-1795).
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Coat of Arms of Pieter Van BerckelPieter Johan van Berckel in Princetown on 31 October 1783Nassau Hall
On 4 March 1783 Van Berckel was made the first minister plenipotentiary to the USA. He set off for Philadelphia on 25 June on the Overijssel,[3] accompanied by Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Carel de Vos van Steenwijk and Johan Willem Simon van Haersolte, serving as an officer or sailing as a passenger on one of four ships, which formed an escort squadron.[4] Van Berckel sent a letter ahead ordering a six-horse carriage, along with two Amsterdam merchants who wanted to invest in the Bank of Pennsylvania.[5] He arrived on 11 October and was housed in the best inn in the city.
Van Berckel and the large Dutch delegation had taken fifteen weeks to cross the Atlantic due to bad weather along the coast. One of the four ships, the warship De Erfprins (launched in 1770 by the Admiralty of Amsterdam) was wrecked 25 miles off Cape Cod.[6] She lost two masts in a storm and was adrift for nine weeks at sea[7] before sinking on 25 November in the Atlantic. 40 survivors from a crew of 350 were eventually picked up by a US brig.[8]
No horse, carriage or house were ready for Van Berckel, all of which severely offended him, as did the fact that the Congress was no longer in Philadelphia - Princeton had only 75 houses but several good inns, sufficient to house the 22 congressmen during its four months as the US capital.[9][10] Van Berckel spent the night with a local grandee. Handing in his credentials to the Congress of the Confederation was postponed by a day by president Elias Boudinot, a silversmith, to give time for preparations - the ceremony happened on 31 October at Nassau Hall, now the library of the University of Princeton.
In 1784, Van Berckel was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. On 3 December 1784 Van Berckel arrived in Trenton, New Jersey, then temporarily the US capital, though it lost that position because the southern states preferred a location south of the Mason–Dixon line. On 11 January 1785 he met John Jay, the USA's first foreign minister and a fierce opponent of slavery.[11] In a letter to Jay on 13 February 1785 zette Van Berckel explained his view of the Kettle War.[12] In 1788 he resigned as ambassador and the following year was succeeded by his son Franco Petrus.[13] He took up a house on Wall Street.[14]
(in Dutch)Een grand tour naar de nieuwe republiek: journaal van een reis door Amerika ... door Carel de Vos van Steenwijk[3] - describes a visit to Van Berckel by Carel de Vos van Steenwijk on the latter's grand tour
(in Dutch) W. Wijnaendts van Resant, Pieter Johan van Berckel; De eerste gezant van de Republiek in de Verenigde Staten en zijn familie, in: Jaarboek van het Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, deel 36 (1982), pag 211-239.
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more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Pieter Johan van Berckel January 1725 27 December 1800 was a Dutch politician who served as mayor of Rotterdam and the first ambassador from the Dutch Republic to the United States of America 1 He also remained part of the government of Rotterdam until 30 January 1788 when he was dismissed by William V Prince of Orange and the Estates General of the Dutch Republic he never returned to Rotterdam and remained a refugee dying in Newark 2 Pieter Johan van Berckel Contents 1 Life 1 1 Early life 1 2 Ambassador 2 Family coat of arms 3 References 4 External linksLife editEarly life edit He was born in Rotterdam as a son of Engelbert van Berckel a bewindheber managing director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the VOC and Theodora Petornella van Hogendorp His brother was Engelbert Francois van Berckel He studied law at the University of Utrecht He married Geertruid Margaretha du Bois on 11 May 1757 They had seven children His son Franco Petrus 1760 1836 succeeded him as Minister plenipotentiary at the United States of America 1789 1795 Ambassador edit nbsp Coat of Arms of Pieter Van Berckel nbsp Pieter Johan van Berckel in Princetown on 31 October 1783 nbsp Nassau Hall On 4 March 1783 Van Berckel was made the first minister plenipotentiary to the USA He set off for Philadelphia on 25 June on the Overijssel 3 accompanied by Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp Carel de Vos van Steenwijk and Johan Willem Simon van Haersolte serving as an officer or sailing as a passenger on one of four ships which formed an escort squadron 4 Van Berckel sent a letter ahead ordering a six horse carriage along with two Amsterdam merchants who wanted to invest in the Bank of Pennsylvania 5 He arrived on 11 October and was housed in the best inn in the city Van Berckel and the large Dutch delegation had taken fifteen weeks to cross the Atlantic due to bad weather along the coast One of the four ships the warship De Erfprins launched in 1770 by the Admiralty of Amsterdam was wrecked 25 miles off Cape Cod 6 She lost two masts in a storm and was adrift for nine weeks at sea 7 before sinking on 25 November in the Atlantic 40 survivors from a crew of 350 were eventually picked up by a US brig 8 No horse carriage or house were ready for Van Berckel all of which severely offended him as did the fact that the Congress was no longer in Philadelphia Princeton had only 75 houses but several good inns sufficient to house the 22 congressmen during its four months as the US capital 9 10 Van Berckel spent the night with a local grandee Handing in his credentials to the Congress of the Confederation was postponed by a day by president Elias Boudinot a silversmith to give time for preparations the ceremony happened on 31 October at Nassau Hall now the library of the University of Princeton In 1784 Van Berckel was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia On 3 December 1784 Van Berckel arrived in Trenton New Jersey then temporarily the US capital though it lost that position because the southern states preferred a location south of the Mason Dixon line On 11 January 1785 he met John Jay the USA s first foreign minister and a fierce opponent of slavery 11 In a letter to Jay on 13 February 1785 zette Van Berckel explained his view of the Kettle War 12 In 1788 he resigned as ambassador and the following year was succeeded by his son Franco Petrus 13 He took up a house on Wall Street 14 Family coat of arms editReferences edit Portrait of Van Berckel Rosendaal J 2003 Bataven Nederlandse vluchtelingen in Frankrijk p 62 revolutionaryprinceton org History Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek Deel 6 DBNL Varnum Lansing Collins The Continental Congress at Princeton De naam Erfprins Historie Fort Erfprins Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek Deel 5 DBNL Jan Romein en Annie Romein Verschoor Erflaters van onze beschaving DBNL A J Van der Aa Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden Deel 2 Eerste en tweede stuk DBNL NJ com Special Projects www nj com Archived from the original on 25 April 2002 The diplomatic correspondence of the United States of America Volume 6 1 The diplomatic correspondence of the United States of America Volume 6 p 438 461 2 Bron sothebys com Martha J Lamb Wall Street in HistoryExternal links edit in Dutch Een grand tour naar de nieuwe republiek journaal van een reis door Amerika door Carel de Vos van Steenwijk 3 describes a visit to Van Berckel by Carel de Vos van Steenwijk on the latter s grand tour in Dutch W Wijnaendts van Resant Pieter Johan van Berckel De eerste gezant van de Republiek in de Verenigde Staten en zijn familie in Jaarboek van het Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie deel 36 1982 pag 211 239 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pieter Johan van Berckel amp oldid 1175553701, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
