Name/Title
Letter from Pierre Van Cortlandt to Mrs. Philip (Ann/Nancey) Schuyler, Aug 2, 1803Entry/Object ID
HHV 002.709Description
Letter from Pierre Van Cortlandt to Mrs. Philip (Ann/Nancey) SchuylerSubject
Family news about returning home from the Springs and improvement in Joanna Van Cortlandt's health.Subject Person/Organization
Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814), Joanna Livingston Van Cortlandt, Ann Van Cortlandt Schuyler, Titus (enslaved), Gerard G. Beekman Jr., Cornelia Van Cortlandt Beekman, Catharine Van Wyck, Maj-Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt II, Philip Schuyler Van RensselaerSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Manor of Cortlandt, Saratoga Springs, NY, Albany, New YorkContext
Family news, the weather, Mama is better.Collection
Van Cortlandt Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
Dear Daugter, Nancey
Your mama now Says, I have not Wrote to you In Some Time that I must do it, as you are Come home from the Springs, Wee hope they have been of Service to you, Your mama is better by her going a little more about the house longs to go and take a Ride to Crotons and from that to Mr Beekmans I tell here it will not do as yet but assoon As there is a Verry fine Cool day and She feels Verry Strong, and Titus Can be spared that then it will be time to Resolve and set of by Sun Rise as Mama is now Every morning up before it, and often breakfasts before Seven, mama now Calls me to it, So I Shall think in the mean While What further to Write to you; Mama has been upstairs Says it Tires her much She Received a letter from daughter Caty. Mama was much pleased with it; and desires her Love to her and the Coll but Cant Write. Wee are here Alone and my people Verry busie have not Seen the Genll. Nor Catharine in a fortnight Wee have had a Line from your Sister Cornelia Wated to hear from us, they Were all Well. I Long to go and See her. &cr Wee have no news all peace and Quietnes here Only the Rattle of the Market Waggons and Carts they make a great dust; Wee Long to see you and Mr Mayor Wee have Little or [no] fruit here Occasioned by the Late frost Sorry for it Our Love to You And all friends N, I wrote the Coll a few days Ago. Am Your Loving Father
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Tuesday
Augt 2-1803
[Addressed]
Mrs. Ann PS Van Rensselaer
Pr Mail} AlbanyTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
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V 1806
