Title
[Document, 1770 n.d.]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Van Cortlandt, Frances (Author)
Quiet, Peter (Addressee)
Warren, Susanna (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
1770 n.d.
Language
English
Physical Description
32 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Records of the case of Van Cortlandt ads. Quet ex dem Warren, et al. This action in ejectment concerns land situated in the area of the present Bedford, New York and Stanford, Connecticut. The parties contest titles derived from the Province of New York and the Colony of Connecticut. Defendant also raises title by adverse possession as a defense. The brief is one prepared by the attorney for the defendant.
Identifier
columbia.jay.08184