Kroniek van Alkmaar in de Bataafs-Franse tijd, 1787-1797
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Panders, Jan van. “Kroniek van Alkmaar in de Bataafs-Franse Tijd, 1787-1797.” Translated by Trans. Alkmaar, 1797. Archief van de stad Alkmaar, 1254 (1325) - 1815 (1816), inventarisnummer 1838. Regionaal Archief Alkmaar. https://dbnl.nl/tekst/pand004kron01_01/.
Auteursgegevens
| Naam | Jan van Panders |
| Geslacht | m |
| Geboortedatum | 1747 |
| Geboorteplaats | Alkmaar |
| Datum overlijden | 1809 |
| Religie | gereformeerd |
| Publieke rollen | ijkmeester; adjunct-hoofdgaarder; oprichter patriottisch genootschap; stads-chercher |
| Beroep | zevenmaker, ijkmeester |
| Biografisch portaal | http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/35641238 |
Inhoud van de tekst
| Beschreven begin | 1787 |
| Contemporain begin | 1787 |
| Plaats onderwerp | Alkmaar |
Notities
Deze kroniek is door C.W. Bruinvis toegeschreven aan de Alkmaarse Jan van
Panders (1747-1809). De auteur was een uitgesproken patriot en bovengemiddeld
politiek actief. Hij was mede-oprichter van het ‘Patriottisch Gezelschap
Burgerhart’ in Alkmaar. Publiceerde zelf in patriottische tijdschriften en
baseerde ook zijn kroniek grotendeels op berichtgeving uit deze tijdschriften. Het is een typische crisiskroniek, achteraf geschreven (retrospectief). Het verhaal breekt af op
16 februari 1797, het eind is niet bewaard.
Conny Jürgens, ‘The Patriot Revolutions, 1781-1797. Changing Political Beliefs of Dutch Chroniclers’ (Honours Research Project VU 2020) schreef het volgende over de auteur:
Jan van Panders was born in 1747 and died in 1809. The period he describes in
his chronicle happened within his own lifetime, which makes him a contemporary
author. He is one of the most fascinating people on this list.
He was a 'zevenmaker' and later became an 'ijkmeester' in 1766. He was an
Alkmaar patriot, which shows in the way he wrote in his chronicle but also in
his other publications. Additionally, he had a lot of influence on the regents
because they believed he could give them valuable insights into the minds of
the people. He was politically very active, for example trying to give the
people more influence over the government or speaking out for the armament of
ordinary people. He fought in the revolution of 1795 and afterwards joined the
“broederschap”. He convinced the authorities that were getting rid of Orangist
officials to allow a vote instead. In the end, he was still a patriot, but he
became convinced disturbing the state did not work in order to help everyone.
In 1779 he married Maartje Vogelzang. After her death, he remarried. His
second wife was Elisabeth Carlier.
Between 1787 and 1797 he would sometimes write every day, sometimes nothing
for four years, as for example between 1789 and 1793. Unfortunately, the end
of the chronicle is missing from the 16th of february 1797 onwards. Another
explanation could be that he abruptly stopped writing. It is very likely his
motive for writing was his patriotism. He wrote about his home of Alkmaar and
his writing and life are full of references to patriotism and political
activity.
Aside from his chronicle, he also published patriotic letters in the
newspaper “Vaderlandsche letteroefeningen” several times in 1790 and 1791,
much of it containing patriotic arguments and phrases.
https://surfdrive.surf.nl/files/index.php/s/dGOKueZOiIb3pvu
Literatuur
C.W. Bruinvis, Het patriotisme te Alkmaar (Alkmaar, 1886).
Gedicht van Jan van Panders, Post van den Neder-Rhijn (nr. 1786-37)