1690/07/10-1698/11/26

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet re: excise paid

Livingston's list of excise taxes paid on alcohol in Albany, listing twenty-six payments and their particulars.

GLC03107.00448

[1698/11/21]

Sondr, Jelles, fl. 1698

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Account of payment to Sondr for services rendered.

GLC03107.00449

1698/11/30

Hanlin, Hendrick, fl. 1698

Manuscript document signed

Title: Approval of Robert Livingston's account

P.1 contains a statement signed by the Mayor Hendrick Hanlin, and the Aldermen Johannes Cuyler and Johannes Bleecker. The statement acknolwedges that Livingston's account, which appears on the following pages, has been audited and approved; and it determines legal fees and a further sum of money due to Livingston. The account on pages 2 and 3 calculates the debts and credits of the Mayor and Aldermen of Albany with regard to Livingston from 1695-1699.

GLC03107.00450

1698/12/13

Livingston, William, fl. 1769-1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: history of the Livingston family seal

William writes to Robert in describing his endeavors to gain a copy of the Livingston coat-of arms to send to Albany, and discusses their family history. William also discusses the present status of their family, informing Robert of deaths, illnesses, and marriages. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00451

1699/02/20

Schaick, L.V., fl. 1697-1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00452

1699/06/07

Finos, Jan, fl. 1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt of payment from Livingston [in Dutch]

Account of Livingston's debt from 12 August 1698 to 7 December 1699.

GLC03107.00453

1699/01/23

Spanjer, Joseph, fl. 1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Account of Livingston's debt accrued in 1698.

GLC03107.00456

1699/11/23

Gerritse, Elbert, fl. 1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Account of Livingston's debt from May 1698 to October 1699.

GLC03107.00457

1699/03/06

Harmense, Thomas, fl. 1699

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet [in Dutch]

Account is from 1698.

GLC03107.00458

1698/11/19

Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00460

1696/11/15

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet from ledger book [mostly Dutch with some English]

Includes one page in English, describing an "Account of Money disbursed by Rt. Livingston in Procuring of 10 Barrels of Powder which were taken from him and Major Peter Schuyler by Jacob Leysler in the time of the late Revolution." The remainder is a record of accounts in Dutch.

GLC03107.00175

1690/10/18

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: impending arrival of Governor Sloughter

Harwood writes about his receipt of the previously shipped case of beaver, but has yet to receive the packets of bear or boar. He also writes of his friendship with New York's new Governor, Henry Sloughter, and the receipt of spices from Barbados.

GLC03107.00177

1692/08/29

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Harwood's bill of sale for one packet of indigo shipped from Barbados. Added to Livingston's previous balance.

GLC03107.00178

1690/11/18

Allyn, John, fl. 1690-1692

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: "sorrowful news of the disaster of the fleet"

Allyn writes with news of his return to health, and fears that because of the fleet's disaster, "we may expect them this winter in Albany & the upper townes if God prevent them not."

GLC03107.00180

1690/02/22

Bolcher, Andrew, fl. 1690

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: attempts to recruit men in struggle against French

Bolcher discusses Livingston's wishes to live peaceably, and his attempts to recruit men for the "warr with france," which have apparantly met with little or no success. Much of the letter is illegible due to damage. Written in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston.

GLC03107.00181

1690/03/27

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lord Nottingham re: French intrusions, William and Mary

Livingston writes imploring assistance from England in repulsing the incursions into New York made by the French and their Indian allies. He also sends news of Albany's joyful reaction to the crowning of William and Mary, and the news of Jacob Leisler's requests that Albany submit to his command. Livingston forwards news of the massacre at Schenectady as well.

GLC03107.00182

1690/03/17

Bull, Jonathan, fl. 1690

Note signed

Title: to Joseph Whiting re: orders to pay Bull's bill

Bull requests that Whiting make a payment to Capt. Andrew Bolcher on the account of Robert Livingston.

GLC03107.00183

1690/03/27

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Ferguson re: Leisler's Rebellion

Livingston discusses the joy felt with the ascension of William and Mary to the throne of England, though he admits that joy has been tempered by the actions of Jacob Leisler. Discusses how Albany is dealing with the present situation.

GLC03107.00184

1691/10/05

Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00185

1690/03/25

Bradstreet, Simon, ?-1697

Letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: current affairs of New York Colony

Massachusetts Colony writes declaring that while they understand and sympathize with the situation in New York, the men from Albany should "unite and form against the Common Enemy," namely the French and Indians. Volunteering to mediate between the two factions, Massachusetts cannot allow itself to sway from its course of an upcoming "Naval Expedition against the French of Nova Scotia and L'Acadie." Proposing of a meeting of representatives of the several colonies to discuss manners of dealing with the threat of the French, Massachusetts also requests that Albany converse and renew ties of…

GLC03107.00186

1691/01/06

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Invoice for goods shipped by Harwood to Livingston. Signed in document.

GLC03107.00187

1691/02/28

Jamison, David, fl. 1619-1717

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from around the colonies

Jamison, a merchant in New York, reports to Livingston on the state of the Assembly in Albany, which continues in its trend of not remitting bills on time. Jamison also sends word of a fleet of 150 ships sailing "for all parts," and that Sir William Chipps was appointed the Governor "of all from N[ew] Yorke to Nova Scotia." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00188

1691/03/18

Meriwether, Richard, fl. 1691-1695

Manuscript document signed

Title: "Letter of Attorney" re: naming Robert Livingston as Meriwether's lawyer

The first two pages are the Letter of Attorney, transfering title of attorney in the matter of Meriwether vs. Jeremiah Todhill to Robert Livingston. Todhill was alleged to have been in debt with Meriwether to the sum of one hundred pounds. Page three is a statement by Edward Antill, witnessing a monetary transaction to Meriwether and the Letter of Attorney to Livingston.

GLC03107.00189

1691/04-1694/11

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Account sheet itemizing transactions between Livingston and Harwood, including shipping fees and customs duties. Records Livingston's outstanding balance to Harwood. .

GLC03107.00190

1688/11-1694/08

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Account sheet itemizing transactions between Livingston and Harwood, including shipping fees and customs duties.

GLC03107.00191