Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1790 A
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE December 19, 1800
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt I
RECIPIENT Philip Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE President (Jefferson), Pierre Van Cortlandt II, Robert Underhill,
“Morgan’s man”, Tellor, Captain John Paulding, Catharine (Van Cortlandt) Van Wyck, Captain Requa (“Requau”), Beekman, Delevan, Captain Ackers, “mother” Joanna Livingston,
PLACES New York City, “second River”, Coenties slip, Tellor’s Point,
“Western Country”, Tarrytown, Covenhoven Dock, Requa’s dock
and store house, Ossining (“Sink Sink”), Beekman’s “old dock”,
store house, and dock, “East side” of NYC, Croton River
KEYWORDS “President of Choice of the People” (recent election), spectacles, \
recent fire in New York near Coenties Slip, white oak trees, building Petiager, deed to Tellor’s Point, Catherine’s illness, “Rheumatic pains”, recent “Great Storm”, damage at Tarrytown Covenhoven dock, Delavan’s sloop (“slop”) sunk, Acker’s sloop, excessive high tide,
[JUDD VOL. II page 620-21]
Dr Son Philip
I have Received Your Several Letters / of Dec’r 4-10-&12th And Am Verry Much pleased with / your Attention to me And the Grand Communication / Relative the President of Choice of the People; When Ever it Suits you, give my Regards & Respects / to him with my Congratulations. I write this / with pleasure Without spectacles
Your Brother is I suppose in New York / he Intended When he Left this for Second River / I have Sent your Letter to him to be Left at / Theodorus Van Wyck, There has Lately been a great / fier in New York near Coenties Slyp the Particulars / have not heard, Robert Underhill was here this / day he wanted a Number of White Oak trees for / the building of a Large Petiager; I told him I wo’d / Let you Know it And wo’d give him your & your bro’r: / Answer; mine was a great many trees had been / Cut down in one hour that took One hundred / Years to grow - Morgans man was here for the deed / of Tellors point which he said you had to take up / with you to the Westeren Country to be signed by / Some of the Tellor family, What must I tell them / Should they apply again; Capt’n John Paulding has / been here for money you Know those sort of people / will make as must parade In asking for Ten doll’r / as for five hundred, it is always appropriated before / Its Received; I wrote you About 4 or five days / ago –
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Ago, That Intended to Let you hear from / Us weekly, which I Intend to do it I am well / Your mother Is Pretty hearty She Keeps about / house doing as Usual Which I believe Contri= / =butes to her health, Your Sifter Van Wyck has / been for some days past unwell much Trobled / with Rhumactick pains, Wee Intend to go down / as soon as Convenient. The Late Storm made / great haevock & damage at Tarry Town, Covenhov’n / Dock almost all Carried Away. Cap’t Requau, / dock & Stone house much Dammaged, Beekman’s / dock Some dammage Not much; his Old dock / and Store house, much damaged Especially / the Dock, Sink Sink & Delavans one slop / Sunk & otherways much other dammage / Cap’tn: Ackers sloop Run a great Risque of / being lost in New York as Robert Underhill told / me; there was much dammage done in New York / on the East Side of the Town Excefsive heigh Tide / the fresh in Croton River much as when the bridge / went off the Mills Stopped grinding 2 or 3 days / Wee are here much as Usual with Mine and your / mother Respects to you In wishing you heath & / happinefs Am Your Affectionate Father
Pierre Van Cortlandt
PekksKill.
Dec’r: 19. 1800
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CATALOG NUMBER V 1790 B
OBJECT NAME Envelope/Cover page
DATE December 19, 1800
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt I
RECIPIENT Philip Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES Washington DC,
KEYWORDS in Congress, free mail
[JUDD VOL. II page 621]
[ADDRESS]
Philip Van Cortlandt Esq’r
In Congrefs
City Washington
[POSTMARK]
Free
[POSTMARK 2]
Cr. Mail }
[LABEL]
Father. Dec’r: 19.
1800 —---
[LABEL 2]
About a storm
+c
Written without
spectacles
Age 80!Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
