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- Sale 5994
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Nov 12 | 10:00 AM EST
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| Philadelphia
Sale 5994
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| Philadelphia
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Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Accompanied by a brass plaque once installed to interior inscribed "This Desk once the property of Johannes Cornelis Cuyler of Albany (born Dec. 5th 1766, died Oct. 25th 1828), was saved during the fire which destroyed Woodlands, the house of his son, Colonel William Tremper Cuyler, at Cuylersville, N.Y., Feb. 22nd, 1857. On his death at Cuylersville, Dec. 21st, 1864, it passed to his only son, George Maley Cuyler, and on his death, March 11, 1910, to his nephew Marcus J. Reynolds of Albany".
H: 100 in. W: 45 in. D: 24 in.Johannes (John) Cornelis Cuyler (1766-1828) was born in Schenectady to Cornelis Johannes Cuyler (1735-1775) and Annatje Wendell (born 1737).
In 1787, Cuyler he married Hanna Maley- daughter of John and Catherine Tremper Maley, one of Albany's wealthiest couples. The Cuylers had eight children.
See Schenectady Digital History Archive for more information.
Provenance: Johannes Cornelis Cuyler (1766-1828) of Albany, New York.
Thence by descent to architect Marcus J. Reynolds (1869-1911) of Albany, New York.
Pittsburgh Family Collection.
