Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1787
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE March 21, 1798
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt I
RECIPIENT Philip Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Aunt Beekman (deceased, Gertrude Beekman), Mrs. Livingston,
Mr. John Cortlandt, James Parker, father of Mrs. Livingston, Uncle
Beekman (deceased), John White (clerk),
PLACES Rhinebeck
KEYWORDS estate of Aunt (Gertrude) Beekman, will of Colonel ??,
[JUDD VOL II pages 588-89]
Dr Son Philip
I Received Yours of the 16, Instant and observe the / Contents and hope that such measures may be taken so as to / bring the affair of Aunt Beekman to a speady settlement / I can’t apprehend how Mrs Livingston Can Avoid paying the / Bond Given by Coll Beekman to the Executors of Aunt Beek’[^m] / and as that Obligation Is Runing On Interest the Heirs – / will be so far profeted by the delay of payment I wo’d / have Compromised it Years ago Went to Mrs Livingston / first with Mr John Cortlandt to demand it And shortly after / that Mr James Parker went with me On the same Bufsinefs / Mrs Livingston then Told us that her Father has Reafsumed it / And that is was An Agreement to do so between Uncle and / Aunt Beekman And that I was privy to it; no such Thing / but on the Contrary Shortly after Unkle Beekmans death / Couz’n: John Cortlandt went with me up to Rynebeck while wee / were there Mrs Livingston Got the Coll Will and had it Read / In our presents after Reading Aunt Beekman mentioned / I don’t hear any thing of my money; I don’t Remember what / answer Mrs. Livingston made, Mr Cortlandt took John White / by the door and asked him (as Clerk) what he Knew of Aunt’s / money in bank said It was noted in the Coll’ Books But / that he had taken it out by Their order; upon which / Mr Cortlandt swore at him and told him that he had Invali= / dated the Coll Books by so doing. However be this as it will / I am determined In behalf of the Hiers to procicute for it / if it Cannot be done Otherwise but Expect nothing will / be done without a prosecution, I shall be Verry glad to / hear from again on this subject with Mr. Hamilton oppi= / nion what will be the best way to proceed your mother / Is well and desires her Love to you Am with Respect
Your Loving father
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Peeks Kill March 21 - 1798
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[LABEL]
THe Hon’ble
Pierre V. Cortlandt
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Relative to Aunt
Beekman’s monies
In Bank —
Very Particular
To be Kept
1779
1798Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
