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Notes - Mem. October 18, 1847
Notes - Mem. October 18, 1847
John M. McDonald interview — 1847-10-18
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
John Macdonald visits the office of Aaron Ward, an attorney who served as a general officer in the New York State Militia and represented Westchester County for four terms in the United States House of Representatives. During his visit he encounters “young Mr. Van Wyck,” presumably a grandson of Abraham Van Wyck and Catherine Van Cortlandt. Catherine Van Cortlandt was a sister of Philip Van Cortlandt, who ended the Revolutionary War as a Brevet Brigadier General in the Continental Army.
John Macdonald visits the office of Aaron Ward, an attorney who served as a general officer in the New York State Militia and represented Westchester County for four terms in the United States House of Representatives. During his visit he encounters “young Mr. Van Wyck,” presumably a grandson of Abraham Van Wyck and Catherine Van Cortlandt. Catherine Van Cortlandt was a sister of Philip Van Cortlandt, who ended the Revolutionary War as a Brevet Brigadier General in the Continental Army.
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Transcription
- Hufeland Index Page 540 -
Mem. October 18. At General Ward’s office, saw young Mr. Van Wyck who promised he would represent to his father my wish to examine the Revolutionary papers and documents in his hands belonging to his father or his uncle, the late General Philip Van Courtland.
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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