Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1807 B
OBJECT NAME Letter (Copy of Letter)
DATE December 24, 1801 [also Dec 14?]
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt I
RECIPIENT Rufus King
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Henry Beekman, Gerturyd Van Cortlandt Beekman, James
Delancey, (his son in law) Thomas Jones,
PLACES New York, England, London
KEYWORDS antinuptial contract, copy of letter, attempt to resolve inheritance of
late Gertrude Beekman, sent by packet,
[NOTE: THIS IS A COPY OF V 1807 A - SMALL DIFFERENCES NOTED]
Sir
There was formerly An Instrument Called / An Antinuptial Contract Between Coll Henry / Beekman and Gertruyd Van Cortlandt put into / the Hands of the Lieutenant Governor James de / Lancey to be Kept / by him Untill Called for / And as his papers fell into the Hands of Thomas / Jones his son in Law One of the Judges of the [^ then] Pro= / vince of New York; who went to England And died / there, and as I Know of No One in England to make / application to Therefore Shall take it as the / greatest friendship to me if you Would take the / Troble And make such Enquiery Either of Judge / Jones’s family Or the family of Coll. James Delancey / So that the Instrument may be found and sent / to me It would without Doubt Settle matters, So as / to put an End to a Teadious and Expencive family / Law Suit Which I have been Obliged to Commence / as Executor to the Will of the Late Gertruyd Beekman / I hope Sir you Will Excuse this freedom from me / And am with the Greatest Respect Your
Most Obedient and Verry Humble Ser’t
Pierre Van Cortlandt
His Excellency
Rufus King Esq’r
Minifter Plenipotentiary
From the United States
London
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Estate of G Beekman
Coppy of a LEtter
Sent with the packet
To Rufus King Esq’r
Plenipotentiary at
LondonTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
