Name/Title
Letter to Colonel John Ross Delafield from B. H. BrevoortEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.711 a-dDescription
Typewritten copy of letter on four pages of two different sizes to Colonel John Ross Delafield from B. H. Brevoort, September 16, 1918; text of first page begins "I return you enclosed the maps of the Montgomery / Place, together with a short synopsis of the present status / of the property as it now exists.;" text of second page begins "of the same year General Armstrong sold to John C. Cruger all / the land north of the south shore which of course will include...;" text on third page begins "This became the subject of communication between Miss / Hunt and Henry Van Vliet surveyor in which he says he located...;" text on fourth page begins "Saw Kill. Of course, you know whatever changes the stream would / make one way or the other the line of ownership changes with it.;" watermark of "DE FIMFG.OO. / LINEN BOND" visable on lower part of reverse of fourth page; letter discusses "location of old lot lines," mentioning John C. Cruger, John Armstrong, Horatio G. Armstrong, Louise Livingston, "the island," Edward Livingston, Janet Montgomery, Joseph Spurr, Philip C. Fritz, Thomas Barton, Staats, Miss Hunt, Henry Van Vliet, Aspinwall property, Zabriskie, Arthur C. Waller.Condition
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Remarks: a. Staple hole in upper left corner; lower right corner folded back; surface dirt.
b. Staple hole in upper left corner; creases and light folding at upper left top; small tears near center right; surface dirt.
a. Staple hole in upper left corner; upper left corner folded back; creasing; surface dirt.
a. Staple hole in upper left corner; creases and folds at upper left corner; right corner folded back; horizontal tear at upper right; small tear at center right; long crease along right side of page; lower right corner folded back; surface dirt.Relationships
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Brigadier General John Ross DelafieldNotes
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Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27BNote Type
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Library