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Burning of De Post van de Neder-Rhijn on the scaffold in front of the town hall in Arnhem on 22 April 1786
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Public execution by burning by an executioner of a copy of the patriotic magazine De Post van den Neder-Rhijn, on a scaffold in front of the old town hall of Arnhem, 22 April 1786. Action by opponents of the journal in which the release of the corporal of Douglas, accused of murder, was condemned.
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Credit lineVerbranding van De Post van de Neder-Rhijn op schavot voor stadhuis te Arnhem op 22 april 1786. 1786. Jan Lucas van der Beek. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.