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CATALOG NUMBER V 1727 A (a-b)
OBJECT NAME Original copy of Letter, contract/lease
DATE January 24, 1789
AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt (I)
RECIPIENT Philip Van Cortlandt (son)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Abraham Pelts, Jacobus Van Dyke, Daniel Leffers. Richard
Cantillon, Jacob Maraquat, Nicholas E. Gabriel, cousin Philip Van
Cortlandt, cousin Stephen Van Cortlandt, cousin John Van
Cortlandt, Gertruyd Beekman (deceased),
PLACES Anthony’s Nose, Albany, Dutchess County (NY),
KEYWORDS Leasing mine on Anthony’s Nose, will of Gerturyd Beekman,
Son Philip
Last Winter When I was at Albany there / came to me two men, Abraham Pelts and Jacobus / Van Dyke who Informed me that they had discovered / a Valuable mine on Anthony’s Nose that they would / take and work it provided I gave them a Lease / for the same they Insifsted on having the Lease for / Ten years and promifsed to give one sixth part of / the profits arriving therefrom without any deduction / after a great deal of Conversation I Consented to give / them a Lease for a Term not Lefs then Seven years / for the same; thinking it would be an Advantage / for my self and the family to have the discovered / made. They have been to me several times for / the Lease and I have as often put them of / Until the Last time [^ that] Abr:’m Pelts was here when / I promifsed him I wo’d do it I therefore now / am Ready to give them a Lease for my part / of the mine with given me One Sixth part as / the Lease shall Exprefs under Certain Restrictions [page cuts off]
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Now if Couz:’n Philip V Cortlandt and his Couz:’ns Steh:’n / & John with the family will Consent to take the / Same Lay as I have done and Will give you or / your brother Pierre a Lease as above them there / is the Greatest Likelyhood that the mine will be / worked on as I will Engage for the Part of the Couz / Philip and William who are also Entitled to one / Quarter between them as Tennants in Common / and I think they Can have no Objection to the / proposal above; and it will be using me hard / for my Kindnifses [^ if not acceeded to]. As I did it for the best of the / Whole family according to me Judgment you /Can Communicate this to Our Couz:’n and advise / them to it as they will Run no Risque at all / And the mine Reverts to them again In the time / above Specified and it they will not Join me / It must Lay as it is, for Inspection
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To all to Whom these Presents may Come Greeting Know ye that / I Pierre Van Cortlandt have this day given my Consent That / That Abraham Pelts of Dutches County and Jacobus Van Dyke of / the same place and their afsociates to say these are the names of the Lefsees. Abraham Pelts. Daniel Lefferts. Richard Cantillon Jacob / Maraquat and Nicholas E. Gabriel May go to work on any part / of my Land on the noose Lott in the manor of Cortlandt and open / any mines or mines at their own Proper Cost and Charge with pay: / ing or Delivering one full sixth part of all the profits arising thereon / without any Deduction thereof whatsoever unto the said Pierre Van / Cortlandt his heirs or afsigns which said sixth part is to be appro: / pirated according to the direction given in the will of the Late Mrs. / Gertruyd Beekman And the said Pierre Van Cortlandt is to give to / the said Abraham Pelts. Daniel Leffers. Richard Cantillon, Jacob / Maraquat and Nicholas E. Gabriel a proper Lease for the same / for a Term of years not Lefs that Seven, Provided that the said / Abraham Pelts, Daniel Lefferts, Richard Cantillon Jacob Maraquat / apply unto the said Pierre Van Cortlandt for the Same any time before / the first day of May next Who are actually to Continue and work / the said mine or mines from time to time from and after the first / day of June next and not to Leave of working Said mine or mines / for any Longer time then two months under forfeiture of the Said / Lease. [NB] they may begin to work the mine or mines as soon as they / please, In witness hereof the Parties have hereunto set their / hands this 24th day of January 1789 PVC
JVD
&c’r
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No one of the Parties to whom the Lease is given to Sell / or difpose of his share or any part thereof without the / Consent of the said [^ PV Cortlandt] In writing Under his hand and Seal / nor to Remove the oar from the Premifses. But all / the Smelting and Refining the Same is to be on the / Premifses. The Lefsees are to have Liberty [^ to cut] of wood for / Coal and timber for building, And may take of what / buildings they put on at the Expiration of the Term / Unlefs otherwise agreed on, [NB] Should there not be / a further forfeiture for none performance.
[LABEL]
Copy of the writing
Given at Albany by
P.V.C. Esq’r relative
Leasing out the mine
—---- 1789 —------Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
