Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1717 A
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE May 23, 1784
AUTHOR Sampson Dyckman
1790 Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB6-9JPW?view=index&action=view
Birth, Death:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHCJ-KL4
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt [Sr.],
PLACES Verplancks Point, out buildings, fort, small hut
KEYWORDS construction of roof (shingles), whitewood log construction, cellar,
sale of timber in New York City, request to improve tenant home,
Verplancks Point 23d May 1784
Dear Sir
When I was with you last I inform’d you / Gov’r Cortland had agreed that I should have / all the buildings then on the point to convert / in such conveniency [^ as I thought proper]. When I received my / lease form him he afsured me booth you + / he would give it me from under your hand / Since Mr Roney has removed All but the fort / and a small hut at the river side and told me / he had Leave from you + the family for that / purpose __ I now live in the fort and find it / Exceeding Inconvenient the roof is verry bad / as it is made of narrow [Oak] Shingles and / verry Ill Laid on _ Mr. Roney has giving youu / a Description of the make of this building / but I must Inform you that many of the Loggs / are Whitewood and black Oak there is Above / the loggs 3 ½ feet fo Earth Which from the bad= / =nefs of the roof is Constantly Kept whet and / many of the Loggs ar begining to rot and in / the course of two years I Expect will be of no / value __ I have began to Dig a cellow Cellar of / 18 feet by 36 and Expect to cover it with a Decent / house _ I expect the thimber of the building if / sent to New York will sell for as much as will / purchase sedar or pine shingles to Cover the / house and perhaps as many boards as will / Inclose the house _ Will it not be an advantage / to the farm to have this uselefs building sold and / the house properly Inclos’d If I inclose it with / Oak it will be of Little value when my lease /
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Expires _ I wish you to write me on this subject and / I will wait on Gov’r Cortlandt for his Consent also .
I am with the Greatest / respect your Obedient
Servant
Sampson Dyckman
[ADDRESS]
Sam’l Verplanck Esq’r
Sampson
Dyckmans
Letter About
The Point
To S.V. Planck
[LABEL]
Sampson Dyckman
To S V Planck
[PENCIL]
Y-?? Hi old / fort [?sutunting?]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
