Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER S 971
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE February 18, 1795
AUTHOR General Philip John Schuyler
RECIPIENT Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE neighbor, Sarah (“Sally”) Rutsen Schuyler, boys, children, Mrs Van
Renssalear,
PLACES New York, Rhinebeck,
KEYWORDS certificates for land payable by Treasurer, new law as to such,
Senate business, English language, specie, Continental money,
Cash
N York February 8’ 1795
Me Dear Child
I wrote you in answer to your / letter that all certificates signed by the / Treasurer were payable for lands purchased / from the state, and that your neighbour / might exchange his certificate with the / purchasers, but I would not advise him / to do It immediately as I intend to bring / in bill directing the treasurer to pay all / such certificates - which I believe will pafs / into a law.. I have been so extremely / engaged that I have not been able to / send the boys what I intended by your / children, Let Sally and the children / participate with you In my Love,
[??] Yours most affectionately
PSchuyler
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I [received?] you by Mrs V Renfselear but had not the [^ in part prevented my having the] / pleasure of seeing her; /
The ??ider method you mentioned in your former as / most advisable to procure the best market for the paper / I alluded to, the Owner hesitates to pursue, alleging that / be is old, cannot speak English + fears many other / difficulties will attend him, he has in consequence of / his apprehensions pafsed me to purchase them, but / as they principal were received in consequence of Loans / made in specie + returned paid in Continental, he seems / unwilling to part with them for lefs than Normal / value, face excepting the Interest, my answer [^ reply] was, / that I would give him an answer in a few days, but / whatever contract might take place between us I / would reserve to myself the right of returning the / Certificates in case I did not chuse to advance the / Cash _
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[ADDRESS]
To Mr Philip J Schuyler
At
Rhynbeck
[LABEL]
Gen Schuyler
8 Feb 1795
[CALCULATIONS]
[untranscribed]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
