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CATALOG NUMBER VC 2315 D
OBJECT NAME letter
DATE June 22, 1848
AUTHOR Charles Clinton
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt III
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE Edward P. Marcellin
PLACES
KEYWORDS condolences, Society of the Cincinnati
My Dear Sir.
I heard with regret of the death of your / venerable father. I have Known him from my Earliest / recollections and held him in great respect & Esteem. / He was an honourable high-tomed man and a / most ardent and sincere friend of my father’s, who at / all times warmly reciprocated his friendship. You / must feel this lofs severely but you have the / great satisfaction of Knowing that he attained / a great age; that his life was prosperous and / his character high and unimpeachable. You have / Every thing to reconsile you to this affliction / and to console you for the lofs of your / parent.
Your father was a member of the Society / of the Cincinati in the right of General / Phil, and as his Eldest Son you inherit / the membership. If you are desirous of it / you must make a formal application / to the Society addrefsed to the Secretary / [^??] Edward P. Marcellin. The application must / State your claim that your are the / eldest son and over age. There facts / must be certified by some one who is / Known to me or some other member of /
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The Society, who will also certify / to your good Standing and personal / character. If you make the application ./ through [Doctor?] Marcellin I will see / that you are admitted.
I shall be absent from– the / City for some time on business connected / with the Estate of a deceased relative / otherwise I should not suggest your / writing to the Secretary.
With my best respects to Mrs / Van Cortlandt who I had the / pleasure of seeing at her house / last summer
I am—-
Very sincerely yours
C [?] Clinton
New York
June 22 1848
Pierre Van Cortlandt Esq
Peeks Kill
Westchester Co.
NY.
[LABEL]
Charles Clinton
“Cincinnati”
1848.Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
