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CATALOG NUMBER V 1762 - IMAGE BLURRY? (PG 3)
OBJECT NAME Account
DATE April 1780 to
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt I
RECIPIENT Col. Henry Livingston
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE William Bradford, Ichabod Allen, ?? Rushmore, ?? Jinks, [Ja’l?]
Maul, ?? Kelder, Martin ??, Philip Van Cortlandt, Tom ??, Major
Stoutenburgh, J. Kipp, Henry Johnson, Sanco?, Mr. Greaves,
Titus ??, Jacob Kelder, Jacob Keiselberk, PVC “my negroes”, Col.
Livingston “his two negroes”, Mrs. Hawes, Mrs. Van Wage-[oen?],
Mr. Van Wyck, Gibbons ??, Jonathan Chatterton, his wife (“Mrs.
Chatterton”), Zachariah Bloom, Staats de Groot, Bridget, Mr. Rudolph, Cuff ??, Bupper ??, Marcey ??,
PLACES Dutchess Country, Kingston, Rhinebeck, Major Stoutenburgh’s,
the farm, Albany, Peekskill, Croton,
KEYWORDS Colonel Henry Livingston’s Account, cattle, horse, bull, steer,
sheep, lambs, livestock, boat, reckoning for cider consumed by
“negroes”, price of cider, rate of board paid Legislature in Albany,
payments during building of Mills and farm, dollar “hard” (or in
hand?), slavery, account of moving family (up to Rhinebeck?),
An Account of What Cattle [^ & Cr.] I have bough for
Year 1780, and from Whom Viz. In Dutchess County
1780
Ap’ll
1
Cow of [Wm] Bradford for
£
2
8
May -
1
Cow of Icabod Allen for
£
6-
d’o
3
D’o of D’o D’o for
24
1
pair of Oxen D’o –
22
4
2 years old - D’o 53/4
10-
13-
4
{ Viz. 2 headers & 2 bulls -
{ Lightain
5
1 year old - D’o
10-
0-
0
Bulls & stear
Stears 2 & 3 bulls
4 6/3
8
– yearlings of Rushmore
18-
10-
0
2
– yearlings of Jinks
4-
0-
0
2
Yearlings of Ja[’l] Maul
4-
10-
0
1-
Yearling horse Colt of Kelder
10-
0-
0
1
Yealing D’o - D’o of Rushmore
6-
10-
0
—
£ 124-3-4
D’o 6..
5-
Ewes & 6 Lambs of Jinks
8-
0-
0
….
8-0
The yearlings on an average
£ 132-3-4
Cash. £2-3-6 pr price -
I sent up to the farm of the Stock from
Rhine-[^ beck]
13
Cows - In April & May +c
5
yearling } by Philip & Tom
Ap’ll:
24
5
Calves — In the Waggon
1.
Calf with one of the 13 Cows
& Ap’ll:
27
18
Sheep }
Lambs } by Martin & Philip
13.
Ap’ll:
27
Left at Major Stoutenburghs
3
Sheep & 3 Lambs of the above, Tyred + poor
3
hoggs -
1
Large Steal gray horse which J. Kipp Wintered
1
Mare. 7 years old
1 -
Young mare 3 years old black }
1-
Young Gray mare with foal, Sanco } wintered at Henry Johnson, Kings - / town
1-
Horse had of Mr. Greaves for pr: of / the boat
1
Cow that I had at Rhinebeck Titus fetched up
[END OF PAGE 1]
[CALCULATIONS - NOT TRANSCRIBED]
Sent by Wildxx [^ William] Teal £ 8-19-4 to Jacob
Kiefelberk to pay for Iron to finish Hay
Waggon. In the Presents of Jacob Kelder
May 19 - 1780 which he promised me to Compleat
Out of hand,
[CROSSED OUT TEXT - NOT TRANSCRIBED]
Monday [??]: 18 of June 1780
Coll Livingston demand’d the one half of the / Water Syder that was made & which my negroes & his Two [^ negroes] drank up Last Winter. I suppose I there was / 2 or 4 hogs, allowed it to be 4. [^ hogs] [Sat:?] 3 barrals / and an half to Each hogshead. So that his part / thereof was 7 barrals . Mrs. Hawes & Mrs. Van Wage / [oen] told [^ this day] me they sold their Syder Last fall the first / for 10 £ the barral and so on from 10£ to 25£ / which was the highest One which Coll Livingston /
& my Self average’d it at
306 ¼ dollars must be added
To the 900 dollars which gave
Coll Livingston to the whole
Now is 1206 ¼ and the Coll
Owes me for all the
Board of his negroes +
Workmen as pr. The Acc’t:
Which Mr Van Wyck & Gibbons are to settle / with him as Soon as Conveninet;y can be / which one of them has _
17.
10.
the barral is 306 ¼
___
7
122
-10
122
-70
61-
[8]
306.
¼
8.
245/
6
122.
10
Pierre Van Cortlandt
[END OF PAGE 2]
N3 Last winter at Albany The Legislature paid / for board for Each of them at the Rate of twelve dollars / a day. Except Washing -
___________
The People of Kingston Charge the Legislature for / the Time they new Sett at Kingston at the Rate of / 25 dollars a day or 3 Dollars In [hard?] a Week
I have Given a Dollar [hard] to Mrs. Chatterton / and to Jonathan Chatterton for Number of / Weeks both at Peeks Kill + Croton for the year / 1773 - 1774- & 1775 - and to several other Persons / at the TImes above when I was building at / Peeks Kill the Mills. And building the / barn at Zachariah Blooms & c: as may / be seen In my Mill Book + In other Places / THere is an account which I Paid Staats de Groot / at 8/ a week when wheat was ⅚ + 6/pr Bus’l / as will appear by his acc’t: which I have (which see)
4- Grays
1- Pierre’s horse
1- Greaves
1- Poney
1- Lame horse
1- St–[??]-e + [??] mare
1- Sanco.
1- her Colt. 1 year old
1- her Colt. 2-years old.
1- her Colt. 2-years old,
1- mare gilberts
1- mare Martens
1- horse Mr VanWycks.
1- Mare. Black. 3 years-
1- horse Colt yearling of felder
1- horse Colt of Rushmores
1- horse Colt of Martin yearling
[END OF PAGE 3]
April
18
Tuesday the Waggon went & Horses at the first Time
D’o
24
Monday the waggons and Cows with Bridget
27
…… the waggons Cows & Calves & sheep went
May
2
– the waggons [^ Mares & colts] Cow, yearlings & hoggs, no waggon
May
3
…….. One waggon with [?? - unrecognizable mark]
4-
Pierre went a horse back
May
5
…. 2 waggons with Mr Van Wyck. one was Mr. Rudolph
8 -
Pierre Returned on horse back
D’o-
9
1. Waggon with [Tim’b?]: & May 9- Titus & Philip
M
May
16
Tuesday Titus with the Waggon & Desks this is the 11th Load
D’o
17.
Wednesday Philip went up With Pierre horse
18
Thurfday Gilbert went up on horse back
18
thurfday Mr Van Wyck Came down horse back
20
Saturday Mr Van Wyck Returned
20
Joseph [Mabbet?] Came here & went to Kingston on business to [?] Gov’=
27.
Martin Tite Philip & Cuff Came down with two waggons
29
Went up the 29 with Laods Viz. this is 13 Laods
June
1
Martin & Tite Came down with 2 Waggons Thursday
D’o
2
Went up fryday with Chest of drawers. 2 chest & basket [^ 15]
Gilbert Came down June 1. Returned June 5th
D’o
11
Titus Came down Sunday morning with [Bupper?] on horse back
12-
Returned with the Horse of Greaves & Philip
June
17
Titus [^ Philip] Came down with the waggon
19
Went up took Marcey & the Children along & [??] & Philp. 16 Load
Martin & Tom [^ 19th June] wnt to Peeks Kill for Colts & hog, Returned 16th 1 ma[^r]e 3 colts / 7 hogs & pigs
24
D’o
2 waggons Came down Titus & Tom Mr Van Wyck Came dow-[illegible] [??]
26-
Went with Table Chairs Gammons & c’ - [Munday?] & 6 -
Tues ^ day
27D’o
2 Waggons Came down Titus & [Tadu?]. Went up with / Thursday
Thursday
[^ 29]
3 Waggons Gilbert drove One up Chests bedding &c’
July
1
2 Waggons Came down Saturday, Went up Munday
Myself, Mama, Nancy, Gilbert, & c:’ moved up
And arrived there the 3 day of July being Monday
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Col’o Henry
Livingston —
Acc’t +c—--Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
