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CATALOG NUMBER VC 2455
OBJECT NAME letter
DATE March 27, 1812
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt II
RECIPIENT William Miller (overseer)
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE Clara [Clarissa Gilbert?], Miss Maria [Clinton]
PLACES Washington DC
KEYWORDS
Washington March 27 -12
William Miller
I may not be Home until May / + I may be in the April of April all which / may depend upon casualty _ however [least] / I may not, I wish you to remain at Peeks = / kill with me another year. Your wages I / will agree with you when I come home / I wish you to sew some sallad seen in the / Garden as soon as the frost is out of the / [page torn] [??] the asparagus seen and pre= /
[page torn] [page torn] how is it about riding the [Dory?] / [page torn] [page torn] meadow before the Barn, you / [page torn] [page torn] there is a poor spot in it ___ / [page torn] [page torn] [page torn] time now to be more parti= / [page torn] [page torn] [page torn] my next _ Tell Clara I / [page torn] [page torn] [page torn] staying with me, indeed / [page torn] [page torn] [page torn] break up housekeeping _ / [page torn] [page torn] [page torn] to Mifs Maria __
[page torn] PVCortlandt [page folded]
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[ADDRESS]
Mr William Miller
Peeks Kill
N York
[POSTAGE
Free
PVCortlandt Jun’rTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
