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Unknown Indictment of Cornelis Teunise van Vechten

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04880 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1698/05/02 Pagination: 1p. + docket 20.8 x 34.1 Order a Copy

The court indicted van Vechten for the malicious and premeditated act of murdering Anna Schuyler by running over her with his horses and sled.

Van Vechten, Cornelis Teunis, fl. 1698
Schuyler, Anna

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