Congratulations, Jasper!
There is nothing like the thrill of locating old, of-the-period documentation!
I was researching an old flintlock and discovered some almost two hundred year old newspaper accounts mentioning the very gun that I own. They were located by a totally random search on a different search engine than google. I did this on a whim one night, and, I would bet that you could almost hear my whoops of joy in Holland!
Another time I found a book printed in 1697 that was a biography of a father and son who were both of renown in their native country. As it turns out I own some papers that are the actual proclamations granting knighthoods and titles to these men. When thumbing through the book carefully one night, I came across a page listing the very honors I have in my possession! What a thrill!
Again, congrats! This will be one that makes a lot of the thankless and unproductive slogging through cyberspace, chasing pay dirt (but getting what is usually found on the ground of a barnyard!) worthwhile.
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