Van Cortlandt family papers, 1688-1846.

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Van Cortlandt family papers, 1688-1846.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58780826

Van Cortlandt family papers, ca. 1688 - ca. 1846, including wills, correspondence, maps, surveyors' field notes, legal documents (mostly related to their landholdings), and other miscellaneous papers. The collection includes papers related to the estate of Catharine Van Wyck (née Van Cortlandt); legal papers related to Philip Van Cortlandt, letters from him, and an inventory of his estate; letters and other papers of the elder and the younger Pierre Van Cortlandt; a letterbook of John Van Cortlandt, 1777-1786; John Van Cortlandt's notebook, 1746-1756; a list of 801 freeholders in Westchester County, dated 1763 and arranged by towns; Oloff (Oliver) Van Cortlandt's will; and deeds to properties in New York City and New York State, with dates ranging from 1688 to 1817, as well as other miscellaneous papers.

0.8 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 oversize)

Churchill County Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771251

Churchill County Museum

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Van Cortlandt (Family)

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Members of the Van Cortlandt family were major Westchester County landowners and New York politicians from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, and Revolutionary War soldiers. ...

Van Cortlandt, Philip, 1749-1831

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Revolutionary officer and N.Y. legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Tunkanock Creek," to General Edward Hand, 1779 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574076 ...

Van Cortlandt, Oliver, 1678-1708

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Van Wyck, Catharine, 1751-1829

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Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1721-1814

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First lieut. governor of New York. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "At Beekmans Mills," to his son, Pierre "In Congress", 1812 Jun. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574080 President of the N.Y. Colony Council of Safety. From the description of Letter, 1777 October 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122573616 Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762-1848) was a soldier and politician from Westchester County, New York. He was a U.S. Congressma...

Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1762-1848

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Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762-1848) was a soldier and politician from Westchester County, New York. He was a U.S. Congressman from 1811-1812 and a brigadier general in the Westchester militia during the War of 1812. His first wife, Catharine Clinton Taylor, was the daughter of George Clinton, governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and 1801 to 1804, and vice-president under Jefferson and Madison, 1804-1812. Van Cortlandt was the son of Pierre Van Corlandt (1721-1814) wh...

Van Cortlandt, John, 1721-1786.

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New York City merchant; member of Congress. From the description of Papers, 1753-1790. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58772889 ...