Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1727 H a-b
OBJECT NAME Indenture
DATE May 19, 1789
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt (I)
RECIPIENT Philip Van Cortlandt (son)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Abraham Pelts, Richard D Contillon, Daniel Lefferts, Nicholas E.
Gaberell, Jacob Marquat, John Grist, Henry A. Cooper, Jarvis
Dusenberg
PLACES Westchester County, Dutchess County, Anthony’s Nose, Paper
Mill Creek,
KEYWORDS agreement to work mine, paper mill,
This Indenture made the nineteenth Day of / May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hun- / =dred and Eighty nine Between Pierre Van Cortlandt / of the County of West Chester Esquire of the first Part / and Abraham Pelts, Richard D Contillon, Daniel / Lafferts, Nicholas E. Gaberell, Jacob Marquat and / John Grist [^ and their heirs] All of the County of Dutchefs in the State / of New York of the Second Part. Witnefseth that the / said Party of the first part for and in Considera= / =tion of the rents and Covenants hereinafter menti= / =oned doth grant bargain and Lease unto the / said Parties of the Second Part All the right Title / Interest Property Claim and demand of him the / said Party of the first part of in or to any Silver / mine or Silver mines heretofore discovered by the / said parties of the second part or any one of them / situate lying and being on the nose Lot in the / Manor of Cortlandt for the term of Seven years from / the Date of these presents to open and work the same / at the proper Cost charge and Expence of them the / said Parties of the Second Part Yielding and de= / =livering to the said Party of the first part his / heirs or Afsigns at the expiration of every two / months or oftener if thereto required by the Said / Party of the first Part his heirs or Afsigns One equal / sixth part without any deduction of the produce / thereof either in Oar or metal refined as the Party / of the first part may from time to time prefere, the / whole to be brought and refined near the mill / at Peekskill belonging to the said Party of the / first part and at no other place whatsoever. And / the Said Party of the first Part doth further Cove= / =nant and agree that Such wood and Timber /
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As may be necessary to carry the Same into Execution / may be procured by the Said Parties of the Second Part / on the unappropriated Land West of the Paper Mill / Creek on the Said nose Lot. And it is further Cove= / nanted and agreed by and between the said Par= / ties that the said Parties of the Second part of any / one of them shall not afsign or transfer [any-torn illegible] / or a part thereof in the said premises herein before / exprefsed without the approbation of the said Party / of the first part first had and obtained in writing / Nor shall the said parties of the Second part / neglect working the same for two months together / and it is further covenanted and agreed that the / said Parties of the Second part may after the ex= / piration of the term aforesaid remove any Buil= / dings that the said Parties of the Second part may / have erected at the place aforesaid for the Smel= / ting or refining the Oar aforesaid. And it is fur= / ther Covenanted and agreed by and between the said Parties that if at any time the said Parties / of the second Part or any one of them shall / not comply with the Covenants herein exprefsed / and every matter article and thing therein / that then in such Case this Lease shall be / void and of no effort and that the said Party /of the first part may re-enter and take possession / of all and Singular the premises herein before / exprefsed without any Let hindrance or inter= / ruption from the said Parties of the Second / part or any one of them. In witness whereof /
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The Parties to these presents have hereunto Set / their hands and Seals and have also interchange= / ably set their hands and Seals to a Counter / part of these presents for the faithful perform= / ance thereof the Day and Year belong first / above written.
Sealed + delivered }
In the presence of }
It is also further Convenanted and agreed by all the Parties / aforesaid before the Signing and Sealing hereof That / John Grist above named Shall be Intitled to an Equal / Share for his services with the parties of the Second part / without any Cost and Charge In Smelting and Refining / the Oar Either in a forge or furnace he the Said John / Grist faithfully performing his part of the business afore= / [illegible, page torn, missing line?] / [???page torn] any fraud or [Cover?] whatsoever during this / Lease
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Sealed & delivered Abraham pelts
In the Presents of
Henry A Cooper
Jarvis Dusenberg
Dan’l: Lefferts
Nich’s E. Gaberell_
John Grist
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[LABEL]
Pierre Van Cortlandt
To
Abraham Pelts }
Richard D Cantillon } Lease
Daniel Lafferts } for
Nicholas E. Gaberell } 7 Years
Jacob Marquat } 1789
John Grist }
Lease for Silver Mine
[END OF PAGE 4]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
