Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1813
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE January 1, 1822
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt II
RECIPIENT New York State Legislature
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York City, Highland
Turnpike, Peekskill, old orchard, North Street,
KEYWORDS proposal for widening road, market boats, traffic, carriages,
To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of / New York in Senate and Afsembly concerned /
The Petition of the undersigned free holders + / Inhabitants of the Town of Cortlandt in the / County of West Chester -
Respectfully [??-eth]
That the principle street leading / from the Highland Turnpike to the upper Landing / in the Village of Peeks Kill is but about two Rods / wide _ That from the great and increasing num - / ber of Teams and carriages which necefsarily Travel / The said street to the said Landing, especially / on the Days the market Boats sail therefrom / to the City of New York great dangers and / inconvenience is experienced from the narrow = / nefs of the Said Road. That to remedy the evil / the Commifsioners of highways in said Town on / the Tenth day of November last upon the appli = / cation of Twelve freeholders laid out the said / road to a proper and convenient width but inas = / much as the said Road thus widened will part / of the way pafs this an old Orchard of but / little value and in One or Two instances will / take a strip of Land cultivated as a garden it is / believed that according to the existing Laws in / relation to the Highways, the said Commissioners / have not a right to open the Said Road. Your / memorialists therefore Respectfully pray your / Honorable body, to pafs a Law sanctioning the / alteration thus made in the said Road and
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Authorising the Commifsioners of the Highways of said / Town to open the Same accordingly. And your / Petitioners as in duty bound will even pray –
1st Jan’y 1822
Wm Nelfon
Jno. Strong
Lewis Constant
John Miller
Samuel [J] Jones
Silvanus Sellick
Gould John Sellick
JH Gilbert
John B–[??-irt?]
Philetus Raymond
Pierre Briggs
James Frost
Rob’t Mitchil
Medad Raymond
Seth Hait [Hoit?]
Ward B Howard
John G Ketchum -
[COLUMN 2]
Caleb Browne
Moore Hait [Hoit?]
Joseph Strong
Ezra Hopkins
[Thacker] Hopkins
Wm. D. Everson
John McClennon
James Hawes
Gilbert Conklin
Isaac Conklin
John C. [Vaught?]
Robert Crumbie
Ezra Marshall
Peter Strong
Charles [Diven/Diver?]
Reuben SMith
John Depew
Stephen Brown
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[LABEL]
Petition of a few
Individuals in the
Village of Peekskill
presented to the Legis=
lature in Jan’y. 1822
to widen the North
Street in the said village
[LABEL 2 - PENCIL]
KeepTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
