Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1728 E
OBJECT NAME Land Lease
DATE July 28, 1829
AUTHOR Philip Van Cortlandt (I)
RECIPIENT Rev. Aaron G. Brewer, Thomas Blakeney
BREWER, Rev. AARON G.
Rev. Aaron G. Brewer was born near Trenton, N. J., in 1795; was ordained as a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church by presiding Elder Soule, afterward the distinguished Bishop Soule, and became a prominent minister in New York City. He severed his connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1821, and, associated with four others, organized the Methodist Protestant Church, in New York City, in 1826. He was sent South by the new denomination in 1830, and organized stations therein at many places in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. He died at Opelika, in 1877. At the time of his death he was President of the Methodist Protestant Conference of this State. Source: Northern Alabama - Historical and Biographical by Smith & De Land, Birmingham, Ala 1888 - Transcribed by Veneta McKinney
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MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE [Philip G.?] Van Wyck,
PLACES Cortlandt Manor (“Cortlandt Town”), Croton Bridge, Peekskill, “the
highway”,
KEYWORDS camp meetings, fences, ardent fences, laws against selling, tents,
“Ardent spirits”, good description of grounds and lifestyle at camp
meetings,
Article of agreements made between Philip Van / Cortlandt of the Town of Cortlandt Esq’r of the first / part and the Rev. Aaron G. Brewer and Thomas / Blakeney of Cortlandt Town parties /
Of the second part. Wtinefseth that the said party / of the first hereby leases unto the said parties of the / Second part for the purpose of holding a Camp Meet= / -ing and for no other purpose whatsoever all that / inclosure of Wood [^ land] where former camp meetings have / been held, Bounded Southerly by the highway leading / from Croton Bridge to Peeks Kill. Northerly by the landing, / Road Easterly and westerly by Fences now standing in= / =closing the same from Monday the 17th to Friday the / 21st day of August next both days included. When the fences / are to be will made good and put up in as good order / as when received and the incampment to be cleared of all / Persons, waggons carriages Horses Cattle Sheep Hogs, Boards / plank + c. leaving the Straw on the ground. And the said / parties of the second part are not to Suffer any Timber – / Trees or Saplins to be cut or injured or any other Injury / to be done and not so suffer and permit any Tent to be / Erected for Victualling, as [setlers?] selling any thing what / =soever within the Incampment or premises of Trading of / = any difcription = as the Law of the State is their in their / guid and protection to keep order efpecially as to selling / ardent spirits. However they are not to prevent any of the / peacible Inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the Incamp= / = ment from selling any kind of provifions, Bread Cake pies / Butter Cheese milk Fruit or Vegetables of any defcriptions / in their Dwelling Houfes or inclosed Buildings in their pofsefsion / and further to pay as a consideration to the said party / of the first part one Dollar when demanded and also / to him or his order whatsoever Damage he may sus= / =tain relative to the above premises - and the said / parties of the second part do hereby bind themselves / Jointly and severally to perform all the Contrast / above mentioned _ given under their hands and / Seals the 28th day of July in the year. 182[9]
Sealed and Delivered in Duplicate —-
In Presence of
[Ph. G] Van Wyck Ph. V. Cortlandt
Aaron G. Brewer
Thomas Blakeny
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[LABEL]
Lease of the Camp ground
Philip Van Cortlandt
To
Aaron G. Brewer and
Thomas Blakney
1829Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
