Letter to Colonel John Ross Delafield from B. H. Brevoort

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Letter to Colonel John Ross Delafield from B. H. Brevoort

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.711 a-d

Description

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.

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 16, 1918

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

D 97 a-d

Condition

Notes

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

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brigadier General John Ross Delafield

Notes

Recipient

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27B

Note Type

Department

Note

Library