1. On 17 February a daughter, Leonarda Catharina Adriana, had been born to Caroline and Willem van Stockum-Haanebeek.

2. Cf. Rom. 12:17 and 1 Pet. 3:9.

3. Van Gogh’s sister Anna was planning, after studying French, to go to England to work (FR b2689).

4. Lange Poten 10 in The Hague, Caroline’s parental home.

5. Van Gogh had previously encouraged Caroline and Willem van Stockum-Haanebeek to seek contact with the Tersteeg family. See letter 12.