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CATALOG NUMBER V 1716 R
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE August 23, 1788
AUTHOR Samuel Verplanck
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mr. Gerard G. Beekman, Mr Dyckman,
PLACES Fishkill,
KEYWORDS rent in arrears,
Fishkill y’? 23 Aug’t. 1788
Dear Sir
Yesterday I received a few lines from / our mutual friend Mr. Gerard G. Beekman / in which he mentions that he had made / several ineffectual applications to Mr. Dykman / for two years rent in Arrears and requests that / I wou’d intercede for your interference in hopes that / a word from you wou’d induce him to make a / speedy settlement. permit me to Add the entreaties / of the family, who join me in best respecte to / Mrs. Cortland. I have the honour to be ______
Dear Sir Your most humble Ser’t
Sam’l: Verplanck
Hon’l P.V.C.
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