Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1739
OBJECT NAME Power of Attorney
DATE July 16, 1841
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt II
RECIPIENT
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Philip Van Cortlandt (“late brother”), Philip G. Van Wyck, Pierre
Van Cortlandt “the younger”, Cornelia Beekman, Gerard B.
Hammond, Richard R. Voris, George ? Cartwright, Gertrude de Graffenried (aka Gertrude Van Cortlandt Wells Hamilton de Graffenried)
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PLACES “family mansion at Corton”, Croton,
KEYWORDS statement against possession of family estate/items by Philip G
Van Wyck after the decease of Pierre Van Cortlandt I and his son
Philip Van Cortlandt., “stolen” Van Cortlandt items,
Whereas our father Pierre Van Cortlandt of blessed memory / did by his last Will and Testament dated December the / fifth 1805. Make constitute and appoint us together with / our late Brother Philip his Executors _ And Whereas / our said father left at the time of his decease, certain / Deeds, Conveyances, Records, Maps of Property, Accounts, Books, / Pictures, family papers and other Chattels which came into / the possession of our said brother Philip at the family / mansion at Croton and elsewhere and which remained in / his care during his lifetime, and were taken possession of at his decease by Philip G. Van Wyck, this acting Execu= / =tor, and have been removed with out [^ our] authority from the / said Mansion _ Now know all men by these presents / that We Pierre Van Cortlandt and Cornelia Beekman / surviving Executor + Executrix of the said Pierre Van Cort= / =landt deceased. Have nominated constituted and / appointed and by these presents Do constitute nominate / and appoint Pierre Van Cortlandt the younger our / true and lawful attorney in matters relating to the / recovery of the said Deeds, Conveyances, Records, Maps of / Property, Accounts, Books, Pictures family papers and / other Chattles, and to ask for, demand, and receive from the / said Philip G. Van Wyck the same and keep and preserve / the same at the family Mansion at Croton in which / he now dwells __ In Witnefs whereof we have hereto / set our hands + seals this sixteenth day of July one / thousand eight hundred + forty one _____________-
Signed + sealed in the presence of } Pierre Van Cortlandt
The Word “our” being first intentioned }
Between the eleventh + twelfth lilnes }
Gerard B. Hammond C Beekman
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I Pierre Van Cortlandt the younger within named / do hereby authorize and appoint Richard R. Voris / to ask + received in my name + by the authority / Given + granted to me by the within power / of + to receive from Philip G. Van Wyck within / mentioned Deed conveyances maps Records / property accounts Books pictures family papers / other Chattles and other + all the Property / Chattels + things mentioned in the the written / Power or intended so to be and do hereby request / the said Philip G. Van Wyck to deliver over to / the said Richard R. Voris all + singular the [former] authorizing him to [recept/accept] said Van Wyck for the / same when delivered to him in my name + the name / of the written named Pierre Van Cortlandt + Cornelia / Beekman In Witnefs have hereto set my hand / + seal this 9th day of - October 1841.
Witness Present
Geo. [?] Cartwright Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.
[LABEL]
Power of Attorney
From
Gen’l Van Cortlandt
And
Mrs. Cornelia Beekman
[PENCIL]
Refers to
Things stolen
By Philip
G. Van Wyck
And now
Held by
Gertrude de Graffenried
1929Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
