Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 1951 C
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE August 1, 1823
AUTHOR [George Washington] Giles
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt (II)
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE Mr Schuyler, James Stevenson, Gilbert Stewart, Charles
Williamson, Aquila Giles,
PLACES New York, “Genisee lands”, [Jones’] 5 Pine Street, Troupsburg
[“Throups burgh”]
KEYWORDS desire to retake the lands lost by his father in former difficulties,
New York 1 August 1823
Dear Sir,
My friend Mr Schuyler, has just men= / =tioned to me the wish you exprefsed to communi= / =cate with me on the subject of the Genisee lands / formerly belonging to my Father, but which are / now in your possession under the same on the fore - / closer of the Mortgage . originally given to Mr / Williamson; that Mortgage was foreclosed at - / very unfortunate period for my Father, he being / at the time utterly unable, from pecuniary em= / =barrafsment, to purchase under the sale; and / after having paid at different times near fifty thou= / =sand dollars [^ for the land] he finally lost it without the in= / =demnity of a single cent. The proposition I / made to Mr Stevenson of Albany, whom at the time / I believe to bein possession of the land, was wether / or no, on the Knowledge he had of the circumstances / of the case, he would be willing to [??] a good / [title?] in [deed?] for the land, on my paying the amount / due on the Mortgage with interest and the costs of /
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Foreclosure; and this proposition I now submit to you / when you write me please to state to me the amount of / plincipal due at the time of foreclosure, and how long it / was since the interest has been paid upon it, Direct to / me at [S] Jones’ No % Pine St, With great Resp
Your Obdt Servt
[Georg] [Wash’] Giles
Pierre Van Cortlandt Jun’r Esq’r
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[ADDRESS]
Pierre Van Cortlandt Jun’r Esq’r
Peekskill
Mail __ New York
[POSTAGE STAMP - red ink, circle]
NEW YORK
AUG
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[LABEL]
George Washington Giles
Letter with proposals
About [Throups] burgh
Land - Aug 1 - 1823Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
