Name/Title
Agreement for building a coach houseEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.651Description
Handwritten agreement on folded printed lined paper with an additional two-thirds of a page pasted on inside page, December 31, 1859; no title, text begins as follows: "This agreement for building a Coach (sic) House (sic) the / 31st day of December one thousand eight hundred / and fifty nine by and between Mrs. Louise Livingston / of the Town (sic) of Red Hook, County of Dutchess by her agent / Garret Van Keuren of the first part and Peter A. Harriss (sic)...according to the Draft (sic) plan and explanation made by / Andrew Jackson Davis fo the City (sic) of New York of good...," etc.; document details completion date, materials, payment, etc., continuing the text on the upper part of second page of writing; signature of "Louise Livingston" signed for her "by her agent Garret Van Keuren" and signature of "Peter A (sic) Harris" appear near center right of second page of writing; two small round red seal covered by respective diamond shaped pieces of paper appear next to signatures; ink blots, including a large round one appear on lower part of second page; third page of writing lists payment records in six sections, the first being written in pencil, and the signature of "Peter A (sic) Harris" below, near lower right side; shortened piece of paper is fixed to third page by three seals between the two, at the top of the page, and contains a summary of the work and materials beginning "A coach house thirty Six (sic) by sixty feet long and post...;" "Peter Harriss (sic) / Agreement to / build C. House (sic) / Mrs. Livingston" written in pencil on upper right side of fourth page; "Louise Livingston / Contract / with Peter Harriss (sic) / for / build C. House (sic)" written in ink near center right of fourth page; three rows of numbers in pencil written below ink writing and further across the page from the center towards the left, seventeen lines of numbers written in two different types of pencil; emossed insignia of seated figure with seal and the words "CARSON'S CONGRESS" around it apppears in upper left corner of first and third page of writing.Condition
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Remarks: Small horizontal tear at lower right fold; small holes down inner center fold; third page folded inward at center fold with small tear at right edge; small horizontal tear at lower fold at lower right edge of third page; lower left corner folded inwards on pasted page; minute tears along right edge of pasted page; foxing, surface dirt and staining.Relationships
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Person or Organization
Louise Davezac LivingstonNotes
SignerGeneral Notes
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StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27BNote Type
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Library