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Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724 Indenture between Peter Schuyler and his brother

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00794 Author/Creator: Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1707/08/16 Pagination: 1p. + docket 31.3 x 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Legal document that attests to and explains a financial indenture made between Peter Schuyler and his brother. Peter is obliged to make payments to the genreal estate of his brother. The document contains seven signatures at the bottom, including [Brant] Schulyer, Johannes Schuyler, G[illegible] van Cortlandt, R Livingston, Alida Livingston, John Collins, and Margaret Collins.

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