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Letter from Silas Wood to Henry Packer Dering, Esq. (in Sag Harbor, N.Y.), Huntington, N.Y, November 1, 1801

Letter from Silas Wood to Henry Packer Dering, Esq. (in Sag Harbor, N.Y.)

Huntington, N.Y, November 1, 1801

Letter written on behalf of Continental Army veteran Colonel Daniel Delavan (was captain in Colonel William Malcom's regiment), of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, N.Y., regarding Sylvester Conklin, the patentee of lot no. 45 in Hannibal, New York (part of the Military Tract of Central New York, land set aside to compensate New York soldiers of the Revolutionary War); Delavan is inquiring of Conklin's wherabouts, to settle any disputes regarding said parcel. Also inquires about the whereabouts of (John?) Jermain and (John N. ?) Fordham, both of Sag Harbor, N.Y., and their possible assistance in locating Conklin