Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 2210
OBJECT NAME Indenture
DATE November 6, 1790
AUTHOR Hester Van Cortlandt
RECIPIENT Albrecht Behrens
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES New York City, Thames Street,
KEYWORDS sugar boiler (profession), Sugar House, measurage [“mefsurage”],
Tenement, description of outbuildings and architecture: Glass windows, pavements, privies, sinks, Gutters, wydraughts [sewers],
This Indenture made the sixth day of Novemb- / =er, in the fourteenth year of American Independance / and in the year of Our Lord. One thousand Seven / hundred and ninety, Between Albrecht Behrens. Of / the City of New York Sugar Boiler, of the one part, / and Hester Van Cortlandt of said City of the other part / Witnefseth. That for and in consideration of the Rents / and Covenants, herein after reserved and contained, / on the part and behalf of the said Albrecht Behrens, / his Executors & Administrators to be paid, kept & performed / be the said Albrecht Behrens hath taken on Rent, / and by these presents doth take on Rent from the / said Hester Van Cortlandt _ All that Mefsurage, / Tenement, or Sugar House, situate lying and being / on the South side of Thames Street, in the westward / of the City of New York, with all and singular the / Cellars. [Sollars?], Chambers. Rooms. Lights, ways, easements, / proffits, Commodities, and appurtenances, to the said / mefsurage or Tenement belonging, or appertaining / together with the use of the Goods in the Schedule, hereto / annexed, mentioned, To have and to hold, the / said mefsurage or Tenement, and all and Singular / the premises, with their and every of their appurtenances / herein before mentioned, or intended to be hereby / rented, unto the said Albrecht Behrens, his Executors / administrators and afsigns from the first day of / January next, for and during, and until the full / end and term of Five years, from thence next / ensuing, and fully to be completed and ended / yielding and paying therefor, yearly, and every year / during said term, unto the said Hester Van Cortlandt / her Executors, Administrators, or afsigns the Rent [as?] / sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds lawful money / of the State of New York / Annum, in quarterly payments / and /
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And if it shall happen, the said yearly Rent / of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds, or any part / thereof, shall be behind, and unpaid, in the / space of eight and twenty days, next after, any / of the said quarterly payments, on which the / same aught to be paid as aforesaid, being law= / =fully demanded, that then, and at all times / thereafter, it shall and may be lawful to and / for the said Hester Van Cortlandt, her Executors, / Administrators and Afsign, into the said demised / mefsurage, or Tenements, and premises, or into any / part thereof, in the name of the whole to re-enter / and the same to have again, re-pofsefs and enjoy / as in her, and their former Estate. And the said / Albrecht Behrens, his Executors, Administrators & / afsigns thereout and from thence to expel and / put out _ any thing herein contained to the contrary / notwithstanding. And the said Albrecht Behrens / for himself, his Executors, Administrators and Afsigns, / doth covenant, and grant to, and with the said Hester / Van Cortlandt her Executors, Administrators and Afsigns / by these presents, that he the said Albrecht Behrens, / his Executors, Administrators, or Afsigns, shall and / will during the said term hereby demised, well / and truly pay, or cause to be paid, unto the said / Hester Van Cortlandt, her Executors, Administrators, or / Afsigns, the said yearly rent of the Two Hundred and / Fifty Pounds, on the days and times, and in the / manner, and form aforementioned for payment / thereof, as aforesaid. And the true Intent and / meaning of these presents. And also that he the / said Albrecht Behrens, his Executors, Administrators / and Afsigns, or same, or one of them, shall and will / at his or their own proper cost, and charges, will / and sufficiently repair, uphold, support, maintain / and keep the said mefsurage or Tenement, and premifes / with the Glass windows, pavements, privies, sinks / gutters
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Gutters, and wydraughts, belong to the same, in / by and with all manner of needful and necessary / reparations, and amendments, whatsoever, when, / and as often, as need or occasion shall be, or require / during said term, (the casualty of Fire, which may / burn down, or destroy the said mefsurage or Tene- / =ment and premifes, or any part thereof, only / excepted) being so well, and sufficiently repaired / upheld, supported, maintained and kept, at the / end of the said Term, or other sooner determination / of this present demise, unto the said Hester Van Cortlandt / her Executors, Administrators and Afsigns, shall and / will peaceably and quietly, leave and yield up, / (excepted as is before excepted) and shall and will / then also leave unto the said Hester Van Cortlandt / her Executors, Administrators and afsigns, all such / Goods as are mentioned in said schedule, hereto / annexed, in as good condition, as they are now in / (reasonable usage of them excepted) and further / that it shall and may be lawful, to and for the / said Hester Van Cortlandt, her Executors, Administrators, / of Afsigns, or any of them, with workmen or others / or without, twice in every year, during the conti= / -nuance of this demise, at seasonable times in the / day time, to enter and come into, and repair / the said Demised premises, or any part thereof / and view, search, and see the state and condition / of the reparations of the same. And also that he the / said Albrecht Behrens, his Executors, Administrators / and Afsigns, shall and will at all times hereafter / during the term hereby demised, bear, pay, and / discharge all Taxes, that may be laid on said premi= / ses, during said term, and the said Hester Van / Cortlandt for herself, her Executors, administrators / and Afsigns, doth covenant and grant to and / with the said Albrecht Behrens, his Executors / administrators /
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Administrators, and Afsigns, that he the said / Albrecht Behrens, his Executors, Administrators, / and Afsigns, paying the said yearly rent of / Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds above reserved / in manner aforesaid, and performing all and every / the covenants, and agreements herein before contained, shall and may peaceably and quietly, have, hold, use / occupy, pofsefs and enjoy the said mefsurage or Tene= / =ment, and premises, hereby demised, for and during / the term, hereby granted, without any lawful, Let, / suit, trouble, or Interuption of, or by the said Hester / Van Cortlandt her Executors, Administrators, or afsigns / or any of them, as by any other person or persons. law= / =fully claiming or to claim, by, from, or under her, / them, or any of them, or by, or through, her, their, or / any of their Acts, means, or procurements ____
In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have / hereunto set their Hands and Seals the day and / year first above written —--
Sealed and Delivered }
In presence of } Albrecht Behrens
[Step’n?] [V] Cortlant
John V CortlandtTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
