Letter from paymaster Robert Provoost to [Pierre Van Cortlandt?] regarding delivery of cash
Entry/Object ID
HHV 002.1821
Description
Letter from paymaster Robert Provoost to [Pierre Van Cortlandt?] regarding delivery of cash
Subject
Revolutionary War, military service, payments
Subject Person/Organization
Robert Provoost
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Rochester, NY
Collection
Van Cortlandt Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Apr 25, 1779
Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER VC 3179
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE April 25, 1779
AUTHOR [Robert] Provoost, Jr.
(Paymaster, regiment 2)
https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/rev/New_York_In_The_Revolution_2nd_ed_1898.pdf
https://www.senecacountyny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Vol-3-No.-1-September-1986-ADA.pdf
RECIPIENT Colonel ??
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE
PLACES Rochester
KEYWORDS cash, Revolutionary War
Rochester 25[^ th] - Apl 1779
Dr Colonel
I have brought my trunk to your / Quarters, and in it there is 7 Whole Sheets / amounting to three thousand and Eighty Doll’rs / Twelve hundred and Ninety doll’r in Cut Bills / and three hundred and Eighty [^ doll.] in Small / Change __ Amounting in the Whole to / four thousand Seven hundred and fifty — / two doll’rs. __ The Small Change I beg / Sir You’ll not part with . Should the / Clothing &c be removed I hope you’ll give / Order, to take care of my things as I / forgot to mention them before we parted / I am Dr Sir Wishing You health / and Succefs Your Most Obt.
Humble Serv’t
Rob’t Provoost Jun’r
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[LABEL]
Rob’t Provoost
Letter from Rochester
Apl 21 79
With an Acct of Cash
