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Recd. Kinderhook August 15th. 1808 of Henry Van Hoevenbergh thirty eight shillings for my <fees> <a>on granting Letters of Administration on the Estate of Rudolph Van Hoevenbergh dcd.
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I Martin Van Buren being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the wi reason why the Within account is not more certain & Definite is owing to the Situation of the Estate & extreme uncertainty of the demands against it, that this deponent is informed by his Co-administrator who is better acquainted with the Value & Situation of the premises described in the Schedule marked (A) hereunto... Continue Reading
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I Consider the Within acount as rendered under my oath of office as a Statement of the Demands ^or claims^ against the Estate of Peter L Van Alen deceased, theIt is impossi[ble] for me to fix on any amount for which to sell and Indeded I think such an order would be Improvident as from the uncertainty of the amount of the Debts it would be more than probable that the Estate would have to be... Continue Reading
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Received Philadelphia August 3d. 1811 of Mrs. Sarah Davenport late Sarah Robinson Two hundred & seventy eight dollars and forty six Cents in full of all Accounts against her individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of William Robinson Junr. deceased & for which I have signed two receipts of same tenor, and date.
Note. If any propety should be hereafter recover'd from
the French... Continue Reading
Second Statement
In the Cause of the People against John W. Thorne Valentine N. Livingston & Henry D. Tracy, the undersigned were associated as Counsel for the prosecution with Martin Van Buren Esquire, (then Atty Genl). The accused were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud the Merchants Bank in the City of New York. The Cause was prepared for trial by Peter Jay Munro Esquire, but as he was a... Continue Reading
Sender: James Alexander Hamilton
Red. Albany Octobr 6th 1815 of Elijah Miller Esqr. ninety two Dollars to be applyed to the Cost & Interest on a Bond in the hands of the State agt. John <Duesbury>
M.V.Buren
Atty. Genl.
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The United States
To
Martin Van Buren Do
1815
To services rendered as special Judge advocate in the prosecution of Brigadier Genl. James Wilkinson by appointmt from the Secty at War.
$[intentionally blank]
Red. The above in full
M.V.Buren
April [intentionally blank] 1815
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The United States
To
Martin ^MVB^ Van Buren Do
1815
To services rendered in the prosecution Brigadier Genl. James Wilkinson as special Judge Advocate by appointment from the Secty at War.
$2000.
April 25 1815
Red. The abve in full
M.V.Buren
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If Samuel Jones Jun. esqr will state under a description of the property proposed to be mortgaged to the state by Mr. <Mowers>, that he is acquainted with the title or has examined the same and is satisfied that the title of Mr. & Mrs. <Mowers> is good, it will be satisfactory to me.
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Recd. Augt. 6th. 1816 from G Y Lansing Esquire the original will of Johannis Provost Dated 25th. Octr. 1771. to return when demanded
Al A.Van Buren
for MVanBuren
Attest T A Bridger
Supreme Court
John Hogan Admr &c
&
Arent Pruyn
Rd June 6th 1809 twenty seven Dollars towards the Costs
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To all to whom these Prese[nts] [shall] come, or may concern, I Thomas Turner Esquire, Sheriff of th[e] County of Rensselaer send Greeting: WHEREAS by [virtue of a] writ of Testatum Fieri Facias issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the People of the State of New-York, to me directed and delivered, tested the [. . .] [day] of November in the thirty-third year of the Independence of the... Continue Reading
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The subscribers being freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Kinderhook in the county of Columbia humbly represent,
That the Bridge lately erected by the Inhabitants of the Town of Kinderhook and the City of Hudson over the Kinderhook Creek between the Mills of Lawrence and Townsend, and the mouth of the Claverack Creek, on the Stage Road leaving from the City of Albany to the City of Hudson... Continue Reading
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Recipient: New York Legislature
I do hereby certify that Captn Charles Fuller has attended & been sworn as a Witness in the cause of Genl. William Hull from the 14th. Jany till 25 18th. Feby 1814.
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Notice
Wit The Witnesses subpoenaed summoned to attend the trial of Brigadier Genl. William Hull are informed that the Court will meet at the Capital in this city on on Wednesday the 12th. Instant at ten oClock A. M. and those who are summoned on the part of the U. States are requested to report themselves to Major Philip S Parker No. [intentionally blank] Lyon Street.
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