Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1250
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE December 23, 1835
AUTHOR Philip Gilbert Van Wyck
RECIPIENT [J? M?] Scott McKnight
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES Ossining (“Sing Sing”),
KEYWORDS property insurance, “the Eagle Company” has “lost all”, the “late
Fire” (Great Fire of NY - Dec 16, 1835),
Eagle Company: https://archive.org/details/eaglefirecompan00geldgoog/page/n86/mode/2up?q=1835
23d Dec’r 1835
My Dear Sir
It is adviseable to attend to the Insurance / of your Place at Sing Sing and change the Policy / to some other Office the Eagle Company / lost all by the late Fire and will not have / it in their power to repay for any lofs by fire / many Gentlemen have made this exchange / in their policies, it is necefsary first to get the / [amount?] of the Eagle fire Office for so doing
With sincere regard your +c
[JM]scott McKnight
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[ADDRESS]
Phillip Van Wyck Esq’r
Sing Sing
Westchester County
New York
[POSTMARK]
10
[POSTAGE STAMP - red ink, circle]
NEW YORK
DEC
29
[LABEL - REVERSE]
J.M. Scot McKnight
Decm’r 23rd 1835
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About Insurance
Rec’d 7th Jan’y
—---------Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
