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CATALOG NUMBER VC 1695 A
OBJECT NAME Account
DATE May 28, ???? [179?]
AUTHOR Stephen Skinner
RECIPIENT ?? Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE [??] [Merret?], Mr Turner, your father (Philip Van Cortlandt?), “my
Brother”, Mr Harvey + Sons, Andrew Johnston,
PLACES Harvey and Sons, New York, Peekskill, bounds of the Gore
KEYWORDS bounds of the Gore
Peekskill Monday 28th May
Sir
I enclose [N?] [Merrets] survey of the Lands / [??] you this Day.
Mr Johnston in this memorandum says / “A piece of Land about 3 acres bring part of a Farm, or / adjoining to one sold to a Mr Turner by my Father, and / not Included in his Deed, it lays over a Brook. A / more particular description I have given to your son / Gen’l V Cortland” _ I wish you to ask your son and to desire / him to sell it I think it is worth £10 or 12 pound and [??] /
Write me to care of Mefs’ Harvey + son New York, and upon / receipt of your letter I will send a Quit Claim from the / family of Andrew Johnston to the person you sell it to /
If you will purchase it I will see it to you for Ten / pounds. Compliments to the family I am
Your
Humble Servant
Stephen Skinner
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[LABEL]
Stephen Skinner
Bounds of the [Gone?]
At Peeks Kill—
this is Brothers –
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KeepTranscriber
Kathryn Alexander
