[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It is hardly probable that the wise, well-balanced Van Cortlandt would admit to intimate relations a man who possessed no good qualities.'2 Van Cort-landt received from Edmund Randolph the appoint-ment of deputy secretary and register of the Pro-vince of New York, bearing date " New-Yorke, ye 23d day of October, 1688." 3 Not only was he Judge in Admiralty, but associate judge in the Colonial Court, holding also the offices at one time of deputy auditor, receiver-general, secretary of the province and sur-rogate. In 1696 he was chosen chancellor, then col-lector of the-revenue and lastly chief-justice of the Supreme Court. Van Cortlandt's place of business was on the northeast corner of Pearl and Broad Streets, and here this busy merchant found time to serve the interests of church and state. He was made senior warden of Trinity Church atid was a member of the council and board of trade. In 1671 he married Gertrude, the daughter of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, of Albany, a woman of strong character, who proved a true help-meet. Soon a large family of children gathered in the old house, and all went well with him.