Marriages at Pawling, 1785-1801

There are now owned by Miss Marie L. Getty of 415 West 141st street, New York City (who is a descendant of Citizen Genet and his wife, Cornelia Clinton), many letters written by George Clinton to his son-in-law, the Citizen. Three of those letters, bearing date at Casper's Kill on May 31 and July 25, 1805, and June 29, 1806, refer to Clinton's residence for a year (1804-1805) in the stone house; to his difficulties in building his new dwelling (due to delays with workmen, the description of which might have been written in 1926) ; and to his occupation of a small part of the new house in 1806, while plastering and other work went on in it. For access to these letters grateful acknowledgements are made to Miss Getty.

From 1778 to 1783 Clinton had his residence in the village of Poughkeepsie, then the seat of the state government. When the British evacuated New York City he removed thither and apparently remained in New York until his service as governor, 1801-1804, when as Albany had become the permanent capital, he lived there. Clinton was in the habit of investing his personal funds on bond and mortgage in Dutchess County and the indices in the office of the clerk of Dutchess County abound in mentions of his name. An analysis of a long list of deeds and mortgages to which he was a party reveals his legal residence as having been from time to time as follows :1787, 1790, "of the state of New York"; 1794, "of New York"; 1798, 1800, 1801, of New York City; 1802, of Albany; 1805 to 1812, "of the town of Poughkeepsie."

As frequently as Clinton bought and sold real estate, it is surprising to find that his deed for the purchase of the property at Casper's Kil is not recorded. The land had belonged to Samuel Pinckney who, presumably, lived in the stone house mentioned in Clinton's letter. After Clinton died the place was sold by his heirs in 1815 to James Tallmadge of Poughkeepsie (born 1778, died 1853) , who had been Clinton's private secretary and who was a near relative of Clinton's sonin-law, Matthias B. Tallmadge.

James Tallmadge was a brilliant lawyer and became a man of national reputation in public life. He was a member of the Congress in 1817-1819 and was widely known in connection

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