Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1805 A
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE May 7, 1810
AUTHOR Peter Curternius (U.S. Marshall Southern District NY)
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt II
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES New York City, Westchester County
KEYWORDS census of 1810, request to recommend census taker for
Westchester County
[JUDD VOL III pages 327-28]
Sir
By the late [law?] of Congrefs I find it / necessary for the Marshall to Appoint a / Person in each of the Counties of the State to take the next Cencus; not having appointed [^ a] Person / for the County of West Chefter I have taken the / liberty of calling on you to recommend a person / in your County who you may be of opinion is / qualified to take the Cencus; the law allows one / Dollar a hundred; to begin on the 1’s monday in / August next, and makes it the duty to call / perfonally at every houfe and to inquir of the / heads of Families the number of Person in each / houfe; the perfon appointed will be furnifhed by / me with law and inftruction how to act
I am with due
Respect yr
Peter Curtenius
Pierre Van Cortland Jun New York 7 May 1810
[END OF PAGE 1]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
