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CATALOG NUMBER V 1716 K
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE September 2, 1785
AUTHOR Samuel Verplanck
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE “Coll. Barber”, “Coll. Pickering” (“the Quarter Master
General”), Townsend, Mr. Rooney
PLACES Fishkill, “the Neck”, Philadelphia, Poughkeepsie,
KEYWORDS wood/timber, Vouchers, liquidation of accounts,
Fishkills the 2d Sep’r. 1785
Dear Sir
On Saturday I called on Coll: Barber with / the Certificate for Wood and Townsends Account of / Property taken from the Neck but find that nothing / can be Obtained from him on there Vouchers. As he informs / me the demands must be liquidated by the heads of the / respective departments. It will be necessary therefore / for Mr. Rooney to get all there matters settled with Coll / Pickering the Quarter Master General who I am told is / in Philadelphia. Mr. Rooney must be satisfied for his / trouble and Expences in getting there Affairs liquidated / and the sooner they are settled the better as nothing / will be got by letting them remain in this present situation. /
I inclose the two certificates for the woo[-d? Cutt?]. Coll / Barber Advertises that he will remain at Poughkeepsie / Untill the first of November. With respectfull complements / to Mrs. Cortland + family. I am with Esteem.
Dr Sir. Your most humble Ser’t
Sam’l. Verplanck
The Hon’bl Pierre Van Cortlandt Esq’r
P.S. I recollect to have sent you a long of Townsends accounts_
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Sam’l V. Planck
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