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CATALOG NUMBER V 1736 M
OBJECT NAME Agreement
DATE October 3, 1803
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt (I?)
RECIPIENT John McCoy
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES bear swamp, Mine Road, Anthony’s Nose, “his saw mill”
(McCoy’s), market,
KEYWORDS ship timber, cord wood, agreement to cut wood from the bear
Swamp to be paid in sawed timber and wood,
This Day being the 3d of October 1803. That / I Pierre Van Cortlandt gave my Consent and Agreedd / with John McCoy that he might Cut of [^ all] the Wood Lying / or Standing all of it and Cut and Carry for markitt / also all the wood as well out of the bear swamp / so Called West of the Mine Road on Anthony’s Noose / and One Chain [All Round the swamp] the wood that stands thereon all / Round the said swamp for one year on the / following Conditions the Cord wood John McCoy / is to give me one half of what it Sell for at [?] your / after the frait is paid and is to deliver at his saw / Mill One half of all the boards free without paying / for sawing and if any ship Timber the one half / of that also - he has Liberty to Clear a Road to bring / the wood to the Landing
This must be Reserved
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[LABEL]
Agreement with
John McCoy to
Cut Wood
1803
[LABEL 2]
Brother Pierres
Papers—-----
[END OF PAGE 2]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
