Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1747
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE October 1, 1827
AUTHOR Philip Van Cortlandt
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt II
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE “three sisters” (Cornelia Beekman, Ann Van Cortlandt Rensselear,
Catherine Van Wyck), “Nichol or Nicholas”, ?? Knapp, ?? Birdsall,
PLACES Outhouse Farm, Knapp Farm, Great Swamp,
KEYWORDS land inheritance amongst Van Cortlandt siblings after father’s
death, postscript notes about livestock, execution (legal), payments owed on execution,
Croton Oct’r 1. 1827 –
Dear Brother –
I have been looking over the will / codicil and Surveys of our Dec’d Father / and find there was Only . 1200 Acres left of / South lot No 1 - Unsold which he bequeath / to his three Daughters as follows - to be / Drawn for + —-
The Outhouse Farm to Certain 360 acres
– Knapp d’o d’o 34- d’o
And all the remain d ing land in / the Lott Lying Northerly of the / Outhouse farm and the great / Swamp by the Road and the possession / of [Travis?James?] [Cronkhiet] with the Land / adjoining S.E. containing about / 500 acres _ the 1200 acres more / or less I give and Bequeath to my / three Daughters —------ 500 —-
1200 acres
The above was released by my Sifters to / Each other in the words of the Will — / therefore Cornelia + Anne cannot / have my Right as they have given a / release to Catharine —- I will not / Consent to Sell it to any one nor / have any other a Right to it but Sister / Catherine —- I wish to See you as / soon as convenient. I fell out of the / gig the morning coming from Sister Beek - / =mans and hurt my Breast – I am in / haste Your affectionate Brother
Ph V. Cortlandt
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[POSTMARK]
Way — 7
[ADDRESS]
Cortlandt Town
October 1
Gen’l Pierre Van Cortlandt
Peekskill
[REVERSE]
Who had the Execution against you
How much was the Execution
Who did you owe
Nichol
or
Nicholas
[SIDE - PENCIL]
The Calf- Hog -Corn + Potatoes are all / delivered up to me - so that no body / has any right to touch them _ / Now you take care of them
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I tell her that she must do down this / afternoon to Esquire BirdsallTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
