Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1807 C
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE February 10, 1802
AUTHOR Rufus King
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt I
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Gerturyd Van Cortlandt Beekman, James Delancey, (his son in
law) Thomas Jones,
PLACES London
KEYWORDS effort to resolve inheritance of late Gertruyd Beekman, marriage
contract (prenuptial),
[JUDD VOL III page 54-55]
London Feb’y 10th 1802.
Sir,
Immediately after the receipt of your letter, I / took measures to inquire of the widow of the late Judge Jones con- / cerning the marriage contract to which you refer. Mrs Jones / remembers to have heard of the Paper but has no knowledge / that it was ever in her husband’s possession; and thinks it / more likely, that it went [^ with his father’s Papers] into the hands of her deceased / Brother James Delancey. Upon this suggestion I have written / to the Executors of James Delancey for the purpose / of ascertaining whether the contract can he found among / his Papers, as yet I have not received any answer, as / soon as this shall be the case I will not fail to apprise / you of it __
With great respect
I have the honour to be
Sir
Yr:ob:+most Hb. +c Rufus King
P. Van Cortland Esq’
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[LABEL]
Rufus King to
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Feb 2 1802Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
