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to Peter DeWitt re: slave trade

Robert Livingston, Jr. describes the multiple deaths of enslaved people on a trading vessel, and expresses disappointment at the financial loss.

GLC03107.04449

to Peter DeWitt re: trade

Robert, Jr. discusses the various goods he would like to trade, as well as the current market prices of these goods.

GLC03107.04450

to Peter DeWitt re: orders for trade

John Livingston asks DeWitt to sell the remainder of his enslaved people, and also orders some cattle and pigs. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04451

to Peter DeWitt re: trade and settlement of accounts [fragment]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04452

to Peter DeWitt re: trade

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04453

to Peter DeWitt re: conveyance of rents

Williams writes to explain the rents he is sending to DeWitt.

GLC03107.04454

to Peter DeWitt re: receipt of payments

Stevenson acknowledges receipt of some payments, and also orders a shipment of butter.

GLC03107.04455

to Dirck Van Veghten re: trade

GLC03107.04456

Account of Arnold M. Donald

Gilbert Livingston confirms labor performed by Arnold M. Donald.

GLC03107.04462

to Gilbert Livingston [(1718-1789)] re: instructions for a journey on a vessel

Gilbert Livingston is given instruction for how he is to conduct a trading voyage on the Sloop Batchelor.

GLC03107.04463

to William [Patterson] re: clearing debts and business concerns

Robert asks his brother for some financial assistance, and also discusses his hopes for success in the cotton business. The letter is marked as a duplicate.

GLC03107.04468

to Mssrs. La Farge & Patterson re: trading disagreement

GLC03107.04470

to Walter Patterson re: order for pig iron

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.04512

[Petition for Falmouth lands in Maine]

Previous research suggests the document was written in May 1796; that date was added in pen on page one at a later time. A petition on behalf of several members of the Waldo and Winslow families for a portion of the Falmouth lands in Maine. A note...

GLC02437.06758

to Henry Knox

Winslow informs Knox that he is "suffering much injury from Pillagers upon your Lands in Falmouth." Winslow says that "the Secretary of the Treasury, has instituted an investigation of the Conduct of the Marshal of this District, in consequence of...

GLC02437.07223

to Henry Knox

Winslow informs Knox, "I have pursued unremittingly the Steps requisite to promote your desire of speedily commanding monies for some of your Lots in Falmouth, as express'd in your last Lettr." Winslow explains whom he has been in contact with and...

GLC02437.07233

to Henry Knox

Mentions that New York securities are not sellable in Massachusetts and discusses the state rate for its securities. States that the Massachusetts legislature is more agreeable to half-pay commutation than the Connecticut legislature.

GLC02437.02547

Receipt of 4 fowls from Conrad Myers

GLC03107.04485

to Henry Knox

Thoughts on various topics of the day, including the ways people understand the war and military strategy; shifting American perceptions of the war, especially those of people in Massachusetts; financial problems and supply shortages; squabbles among...

GLC02437.01374

to Henry Knox

Encloses a letter from his brother Bradford, who is "much alarmed at the appearance of a rival candidate in the person of [a] mutual friend Harry Jackson." Expresses no wish to sway Knox's opinion, but does ask for his "Opinion of the requisite...

GLC02437.10229

Account of Mr. Patterson [in French]

GLC03107.04517

Account of Mr. Patterson [in French]

GLC03107.04518

Account [in French]

GLC03107.04519

Account of Mr. Patterson [in French]

GLC03107.04521

Account [in French]

GLC03107.04522