Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1788
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE February 7, 1800
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt I
RECIPIENT Philip Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Jonas Kilsey, Jan Caspers, the VerPlancks, the Britts,
Cousin Theodorus (Van Wyck), mother (Joanna Livingston),
PLACES Poughkeepsie, fly, Rombout Pattent, “Poukeesie”, Albany,
Peekskill,
KEYWORDS purchase of part of the “fly” (land), Roman Catholic Lottery (ticket),
Mother’s illness, “hessian”, snow
Dr Son Philip
I Received Your Last Tuefday Since / Which Jonas Kilsey of Poghkeepsie Who has a part / of Jan Cafpers fly in Pofsefsion And wants to purchase / it; the whole fly is about 90 acres It Lyes in the / Rombout Pattent three [^ 3] miles NE of Poghkeesie, the / Ver Planks Right is sold and So is the Britts and the / Remainder belongs to the Cortlandt family I told him he / must Keep the possession And that you would Either / Lease it or Sell it to him And that you wo’d write to / me about it I suppose there is About 32 acref as the / two other parts are in the possession of those who bought /
If you should send a Lease I Could git it Executed / for One year or Untill you Sold it. 40/ Rent it / it wo’d secure the possession in you
Your Mother has been Quite unwell for 4 days / past but Thank She is better And I am pretty well / She desires you to send her a Ticket by Couz’n Theodorus / In the Romish Catholic Lotterry, Snow almost gone / here, have not Lately heard from Our Albany / Connections Pierre Intends for Albany When Theodorus / goes - Wee are with Love and Respects to You —-
Am your Affec’t Father
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Feb 7 - 1800
Peeks Kill
The Hefsion bears a good Car[^a]cter / who Pierre wrote about
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[LABEL 1]
Father’s letter. _____
Date. 7. Feb’y 1800
Kilsey of Pough=
Keepsie _ applies
For Caspers fly
[LABEL 2]
Rombout PatentTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
