1694/05/05

Brooke, Charles, fl. 1694

Autograph document signed

Title: Authorization for Robert Livingston to search Westchester tax records

Authorization by Charles Brooke, Attorney General of New York, for Robert Livingston to go to the County of Westchester in order to examine the accounts of taxes that are in arrears. Livingston is then ordered to begin the collection of these accounts.

GLC03107.00249

1694/03/30

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Memorandum about Harwoods Businesses"

Livingston discusses the rationales for why he does business with Messrs. Harwood and Meriwether, including why he has such confidence in their propriety. Apparantly the Harwood/Meriwether consortium was being sued and Livingston wrote these lines in a form of depositional testimony. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00250

1694/03/30

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: business in London, updating news

Harwood, who apologizes for failing to write due to a long illness, writes to Livingston to continue their correspondence and catch Livingston up on the affairs of London. Harwood discusses the possibility of Livingston's son John being schooled in London. He is apologetic to hear that the Iroquois have made peace with the French, and concludes with the topic of trade, claiming that "small furs [receive] the best price" and discussing the difficulties of finding creditors to honor credit. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00251

1694/09/13

Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt for £19

Robert Livingston paid the sum of £19 to Governor Andrew Hamilton of "the Jerseys" in payment for the housing of Schuyler's troops.

GLC03107.00252

1694/08/29

Mathews, Peter, fl. 1694

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt for £60

Peter Mathews, acting as an agent for the colony of New Jersey, receives £60 from Robert Livingston to go "towards the Paying of the New Jersey Soldiers."

GLC03107.00253

1694/10/21

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Memorandum of what I am to do before I go off [to England]"

Livingston, prior to his voyage to England, has deliniated all the actions he would like to see completed before his journey. These actions include "write to Col. Hamilton for the bills of £30- & for letter of Recommendation," "to ship the fish & such things as my wife writ," "to write to [Col. Richard] Ingoldsby about the Bills of Exchange," and "to buy a blanket Paper & Tobacco." Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00254

1694/10/31

Cuyler, Anna, fl. 1694-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00256

1694/10/03

Symense, Gerrit, fl. 1694

Manuscript document signed

Title: Legal document [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00257

1694/10/12

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet re: construction of ships [in Dutch]

Itemized list of supplies and expenditures for the construction of three vessels by Livingston and Peter Schuyler. Also bears the signature of Peter Schuyler on p.4.

GLC03107.00258

1694/11/01

Mathews, Peter, fl. 1694

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt for £39

Livingston paid Matthews £39 at the request of Colonial Governor Hamilton "for subsisting of the men [soldiers] Detatch from the Jerseys sent for there Majesty's Service to the frontiers of albany."

GLC03107.00259

1694/10/01

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph note

Title: Note re: debts still owed on Col. Hamilton's name

Accounts for the balance of Col. Hamilton's bill.

GLC03107.00260

1694/11/02

Jacobs, Cornelius, fl. 1694

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet re: costs for voyage of Briganteen Orange

Detailing the construction costs and cost of shipping goods on the voyage of the Briganteen Orange. Includes such items as labor, nails, rum, sugar, etc.

GLC03107.00261

1694/11/19

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Memorandum of items to be done before voyage

Itemized acount of things to be completed before his voyage to England. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00262

1694/11/30

Jamison, David, fl. 1619-1717

Letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: purchases to be made for Jamison in London

Jamison has detailed several purchases that Livingston is to make for him in London, including "10 ream ordinary paper," "3 rolls Parchment," "A middle sized bible with comon prayer Apairypha & Psalms in matter," and "3 good prickers all different sizes." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00263

1694/12/03

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Letter signed

Title: to James Blackal re: purchase order for items to outfit Brig. Roberdt

Livingston writes to purchase supplies for the Briganteen Roberdt., including "Six guns fited," "200 weight of fine [gun] powder," "36 doz of Lanterns," "4 dozen of Large Mens Stockings," and "Sheet Anchor & Cable for the Vessel." Also signed by Peter Schuyler, Brant Schuyler, and Phillip [illegible].

GLC03107.00264

1694/12/03

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Van Cortlandt re: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00265

1694/12/04

Jamison, David, fl. 1619-1717

Autograph document signed

Title: Passport for Livingston to travel to England

Grants permission "to transport the said Robert Livingston & Retinue without hindrance or molestation."

GLC03107.00267

1694/12/07

Lodwick, Charles, fl. 1694-1706

Manuscript document signed

Title: Testimony of Thomas Parmiter regarding Leisler's Rebellion

Deposition of Thomas Parmiter, former gunner in fort recaptured from Jacob Leisler.

GLC03107.00268

1694/12/07

Parmeter, Thomas, fl. 1694

Autograph document signed

Title: Testimony of Thomas Parmiter regarding Leisler's Rebellion

Copy of Parmeter's testimony, accounts for several barrels of powder.

GLC03107.00269

1694/12/07

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: to Gov. Fletcher re: testimony regarding Leisler's Rebellion

Deposition of both Livingston and Abraham de Peyster discussing barrels of powder discovered when Jacob Leisler surrendered. The aforesaid barrels of powder were removed from the "Public Magazine," and were the property of several merchants (including Robert Livingston). Docketed on recto.

GLC03107.00270

1694/12/07

Roos, Gerrit James, fl. 1694

Autograph document signed

Title: re: testimony regarding Livingston and de Peyster's powder

Roos testimony discussing the powder owned by de Peyster and Livingston being requisitioned by Leisler. Roos was keeper of the magazine at the time of the rebellion, and gave this testimony at the requester of de Peyster and Livingston.

GLC03107.00271

1694/12/13

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: goods requested

Harwood sends an invoice, accompanied by several sundry items previously requested. Expresses his hope to settle their account shortly,

GLC03107.00272

[1694]

Jacobs, Cornelius, fl. 1694

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet re: expenses for voyage of Brigantine Orange

Account sheet of the voyage of the Brigantine Orange, including crew wages and freight carried.

GLC03107.00277

1695/08/22

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Livingston's petition to the Committee of Trade and Plantations

Livingston petitions the Committee of Trades and Plantations to reimburse him for losses accrued during altercations with the French and Indians, and the unrest of Leisler's rebellion. Livingston grounds his petition on the claim that the sum of these losses threaten his position as a merchant. Docketed on p.5 and on verso of document.

GLC03107.00279

1695/11/06

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Legal document re: Livingston's financial obligations

Concerns a mortgage that Livingston loaned to Thomas Dongan to finance expeditions against the French and Indians of Canada. The document also serves as a bond to Jacob Harwood and Richard Merriwether. Docketed on recto.

GLC03107.00280