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- GLC#
- GLC07160.02
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 16 April 1776
- Author/Creator
- Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823
- Title
- to his brother [incomplete]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 30.4 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Writes to his brother about the shipment of goods, family matters, and a difficult boy working as his clerk, named Johnny. Discusses legal issues pertaining to the division of a land patent in Kinderhook, New York. Incomplete and not signed. Possibly a retained copy. Henry had a brother named Peter Van Schaack, who is possibly the recipient of this letter.
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