Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER S 953
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE see S 950, precedes this letter, thus: March 1794
AUTHOR Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
RECIPIENT John Bradstreet Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mr. Ring, Mr. Goodrich, Thomas Widbeck (possibly aslo
“Witbeck”?), Philip Ten Eyck, Sarah (“Sally”) Rutsen Schuyler,
Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Bradstreet (“Eliza”), Philip Schuyler
(1788–1865),
PLACES
KEYWORDS wheat, timber, building new home, negotiating transfer of debts for
payments,
DBrother
With infinite pleasure I received your's / and thank you for the kindness you promise. /
The bearer Mr. Ring a respectable neighbour / of mine, I have prevailed upon, to go and attend / to the procurement of those materials I shall / want from your Quarter, he will present / you with money sufficient to discharge you / from the Contract made for the Timber_ /
As I have laid out in wheat almost all the / money I could collect, & cannot now get it / to market, I am under the necefsity of giving / him an Order upon Mr Goodrich who is in= / =debted to me & has promised the payment / of the money some time since, should he / succeed in getting it, he will pay your / whole demand, if not write to Th: Widbeck / with whom (as I have written you before) there / is a Note of mine against a good man in / the Vicinity of Albany for £60_ & let him / prefs for the payment, I transmit it to you / Be kind enough to make a statement & / send it me by MrRing & should there be / a ballance in your favor, draw upon / Philip Ten Eyck at New York which you /
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can conveniently do by some Albany Capt. / If the former Memorandum I gave you is Completed / it is well if not I should prefer as follows
36 Beams ___ 4 by 12 ____ 25 f'Long } Or large Trees of the length /
70 do. _______ do. _____ 23 __ do. } suit to saw_ as Mr.R. will /
114 do. _______ do ______ 21 __ do. } explain______________
4 Trees 46 f' Long 7 by 10 __ }
800 Refuse _ Plank }
800 do ________ Boards }
300 Square edg ___do }
300 ___ do ____ Planks }
2200
You may suppose my memorandum / extravagant, but I shall build a good house and / would much rather have 100 too many that 10 too / few__ besides no accurate Calculation can hold / out __ Be kind enough to assist Mr Ring in getting / the things to the river + & your advice in every / respect _ Contracting for the delivery must not / totally rest with you the Contra men to be paid / upon the delivery of the Rafts _ I must now / submit the whole to your goodnefs & disposition / to serve me_ Sally & the Children are well and / desire to be affectionately remembered to yourself / Eliza & Philip _ adieu
Your
Afft Friend & Brother
Ph: JSchuyler
I have written in much / hast, but by a little / attention hope you will / discover my meaning
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[LATER - pencil]
Money Scarce ! to pay for the house building !
[ADDRESS]
John B. Schuyler Esq.
∂
Saratoga
[fav’d?] [of?] }
Mr. Ring }
[LABEL]
Philip J. Schuyler
Rynebeck March
1794Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
