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1697/11/17

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00364

1696/03/16

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet re: hats

A receipt detailing the individual cost of 92 hats sold by Livingston.

GLC03107.00365

1696/02/02

Beekman, Henry, fl. 1696-1717

Manuscript document signed

Title: Arbitration case of William Abrahamse v. Jacob Vosburgh

Henry Beekman arbitrated in the dispute between William Abrahamse and Jacob Vosburgh, finding that Vosburgh owed Abrahamse the disputed sum of money. Also bears the signature of Jacob Vosburgh. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00366

1697/01/07

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Tabulation of expenditures, written on address leaf

Livingston listed towns where he apparantly received monies for rent, such as "Shaenhechtady" "Cattskill" and "Kinderhoek." Also bears the names of Philip, Robert, and Gilbert Livingston; and Johannes L.

GLC03107.00367

1697/04/29-1697/07/03

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet re: charges compiled on trip from Albany to New York

Itemized list of expenses accrued by Livingston during his journey.

GLC03107.00368

1697/05/03

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Census of inhabitants of Albany

Complying with orders from Governor Benjamin Fletcher, Livingston compiled a census of "Christians and Indians" at Albany, comparing the numbers of 1689 with 1697 to account for the number killed or carried away since the beginning of the war.

GLC03107.00369

1699/03/26

Schuyler, fl. 1699

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet re: Beer purchased from Col. Schuyler

Account of debts and credits from 12 May 1697 to 6 March 1700.

GLC03107.00370

1697/05/20-1697/08/12

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet re: transactions between Livingston and Appel [in Dutch]

Account sheet concerning Johannes Appel and Albert Hingerlant.

GLC03107.00371

1697[03/10]

Provoost, Abraham, fl. 1697

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Account sheet recording debts accrued by Livingston from 1 May 1697 to 27 August 1698. Date on docket is 10 March 1697.

GLC03107.00372

1697/06/09

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet re: transactions [in Dutch]

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00373

1698/09/06

Campbell, Duncan, fl. 1694-1701

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Livingstons transactions with Campbell, taking place 3 July 1697 and 25 January 1698, include the sale of Oxenbriggs and Clover seed. P.1 contains a note from 16 May 1699, and the date on the docket is 6 September 1698. Written in the neighborhood Morissania.

GLC03107.00375

1697/07/10

Monsey, Thomas, fl. 1697

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt re: excise of Albany

Monsey acknowledges receipt of the excise of New York from 25 March 1695 to 25 March 1696.

GLC03107.00376

1697/07/26

Shaw, William, fl. 1681-1697

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt re: payment of salary

Shaw acknowledges receipt of his salary from Livingston.

GLC03107.00377

1697/07/23

Croesfelts, Bay, fl. 1697

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt re: payment of £5

Livingston paid Croesfelt £5 for the rent of a house where Captain Kidd resided for one year.

GLC03107.00378

1697/09/03

Hackshaw, B., fl. 1697-1698

Manuscript document signed

Title: Invoice re: goods shipped to Robert Livingston

Shipment of £135 in goods such as flour, damask, stockings, mens sheeps gloves, and bone lace.

GLC03107.00379

1699/05/12

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

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00380

1697/09/16

Winne, Luinus, fl. 1697

Manuscript document signed

Title: The estate of Peter Winne

The administrators of Peter Winne's estate, Luinus Winne and Casper Leendertse Conyn, oblige themselves to ensure that Peter's son Daniel receives the sum of 30 pounds that is due to him.

GLC03107.00381

1697/10/05

Grand Jury of Albany

Manuscript document

Title: Grievance re: the closing of Albany's City gate

This grievance brought before the Court of Sessions, requests that the key city gate of Albany be operated in a similar manner to all other gates of the city, in order to allow Schenectady citizens and Albany county residents to transport goods to the city without inconvenience.

GLC03107.00383

1699/01/09

Fredericke, Myndert, fl. 1699-1700

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00384

1700/12/19

Brat, Anthony, fl. 1699-1704

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00385

1697/11/18

Manuscript document

Title: Inventory of the estate of Andrew Russell

Itemized inventory of estate.

GLC03107.00386

1697/11/01

Sharpe, Thomas, fl. 1697

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt of money for provisions

Sharpe acknowledges receipt of a sum of money from Livingston to pay for the provisions of three men during the Revolution from 13 August 1689 to 8 March 1690.

GLC03107.00387