Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1951 A
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE June 1, 1819
AUTHOR [Gilbert Stewart]
RECIPIENT Pierre van Cortlandt (II) & Ann Stevenson
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE James Stevenson, Abraham Van Vechten, John Stevenson
(deceased), Aquila Giles, Charles Williamson, [Gilbert Stewart]
PLACES Steuben County, New York, ??-borough,
KEYWORDS death of John Stevenson, taking over responsibility of mortgage of
lands in Steuben County,
Where as James Stevenson [^ Ann & Pierre] / Van Courtlandt Executors of / the last Will & Testament of / John Stevenson deceased have / at the request of me the [Subscr?]- / ber places in the hands of / Abraham Van Vechten of / the City of Albany Counsellor / at Law a certain bond of a / Mortgage of certain lands in / [??]-borough in the County / of Steuben given by Aquila / Giles to Charles Williamson / & by said Williamson assigned / to the said John Stevenson / to be foreclosed in the Court / of Chancery ~ Now therefore / & the Subscriber hereby covenant / & agree for myself, my heirs / Executors & Administrators / with the said James Stevenson / & Pierre [^ Ann] Van Courtlandt, their /
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Heirs, Executors & Administra- / tors to pay all the Costs / Charges & Expences of fore - / closing the said Mortgage; / and to afsume the risk / of the said foreclosure & / before my Title shall be / vested in me by virtue / of any decree for the sale / of the Mortgage & premises / to pay & satisfy the prin - / cipal & Interest due & to / grow due on the said bond & / Mortgage within such time / after the said decree as / the said Pierre [^ Ann] Van Courtlandt / & James Stevenson or the / survivor of them, his Executors or Administrators shall / prescribe : provided always / & it is the true meaning / of these presents that nothing
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Herein containing shall be con- / strued in any way to impair / the Security of the said James / Stevenson & pierre [^ Ann] Van Court - / landt by virtue of the said Mortgage, or to give me the / subscriber any benifit from / the foreclosure thereof until / the said principal & Inter- / est shall be paid as herein / above exprefsed; and that / in case of my default to / pay the same as aforesaid / it shall be lawful for the / said James Stevenson & Pierre [^ Ann] / Van Courtlandt or the Survi- / vor of them, his Executors / or Administrators to [inforce] / the decrease which shall be / made upon the said Mortgage / for their own benifit. In / witbnefs whereof I the Subscriber / have hereunto set my hand & seal / this first day of June in the /
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Year one thousand eight hundred / & nineteen
Gilb’t [Stewart]
Sealed & delivered }
the words of Ann }
Substituted in the }
[??] of Pierre }
in presence of }
Van Vechten }Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
