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CATALOG NUMBER VC 2112 D
OBJECT NAME letter
DATE October 14, 1784
AUTHOR Gerturyd Livingston
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM paper, ink
PEOPLE John Van Cortlandt, Gertruyd Beekman (deceased), Edward
Lawrence,
PLACES New York, Maiden Lane, Beekman's Slip
KEYWORDS
New York 14th: Oct’r: 1784 Rec’d: from the Hon: Pierre / Van Cortlandt Esq’r: + John Van Cortlandt Esq’r: Executors / of the last Will + Testament of Gertruyd Beekman dec’d: / the sum of One Hundred + fifty seven pounds Ten / Shill’gs New York Currency which is in full of my / Proportion for the Lott sold at Beekman’s slip to / Edward Lawrence being one half part of Three / Hundred + fifteen pounds, as also a Bond of the afores’d / Pierre Van Cortlandt dated the 17th: day of May last for One Hundred pounds that being my Proportion / of the Lott Sold in Maiden Lane to the said Pierre / Van Cortlandt, + I do promise to save harmlefs, + / Keep indemnifyed the aforesaid Executors against / their Covenants of Warrentee which they have – / entered in to to the Purchasers of said Lotts in – / Proportion to the devidend I receive of the whole —
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Rec’t:Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
