Peter Jay Munro Van Cortlandt (1828-1897)
P.J.M. Van Cordlandt of "Hermitage" near Hunter's Island, New York
He was a lineal descendant of Chief Justice Jay and a sportsman of note - "a gentleman of the old school". He died at Spokane, Washington, due to exhaustion after an attack of gout, from which trouble he had suffered for thirty years.
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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 19/12/2018 and last updated on 16/01/2019.