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Governeur Morris to Rudolph Tillier terminating Tillier's position as agent for Peter Chassanis [copy], 25 August 1799
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Governeur Morris to Rudolph Tillier terminating Tillier's position as agent for Peter Chassanis [copy], 25 August 1799.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1799]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Terminates Tillier's position as agent for Peter Chassanis, who purchased the land that became the colony of Castorland, New York, in 1792. Includes a copy of Tillier's response in which he states the matter will be addressed in court, dated 29 August 1799. Also includes a copy of Richard Coxe's account of a meeting with Tillier, dated 7 September 1799, in which Coxe indicated Morris had given him power of attorney and he demanded all papers pertaining to Castorland, but Tillier refused and denied Morris' ability to replace him as agent. Tillier became the agent for Castorland in 1796, he was superseded by Morris in 1800, who then appointed Coxe to the position. Copy made by letterpress.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
Genre/Form
Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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