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1698/11/19

Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00460

1699/09/11

Vetch, Samuel, 1668-1732

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: request that Livingston send goods with his son

Vetch requests that Livingston send his son down to him as soon as possible, and to send with him half a dozen beaver and bear skins.

GLC03107.00461

1699/03/28

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

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00462

1699/04/28

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

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet [in Dutch]

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00463

1699/05/13

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00464

1699/01/08

Spicer, Samuel, fl. 1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Release of Livingston of all debts held by Spicer

Spicer's release of claiming Livingston in any and all "Suites, Bills, Bonds, writings, obligatories, Debts, Dues, Duties, Accounts, sum & sumes of money, Judgements...."

GLC03107.00465

1699/11/27

Fredericke, Myndert, fl. 1699-1700

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Account of Livingston's debt from the beginning of the year in 1699 until October 1699. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00466

1699/06/15

Koffer, Antony, fl. 1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt from the "Government of N York"

Antony Koffer signed this receipt that attests to Livingston's receipt of a sum of money from the government of New York.

GLC03107.00467

1699/01/16

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: rumor of man of wars near Boston

Riggs mentions some financial business and the counting of money at home. He also mentions a rumor that man of wars were sighted moving toward Boston, but does not believe that it is true. Discusses the political situation in America and believes that they will have a new Governor soon, and names Lord Cornbury as a most likely candidate. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00468

1699/11/29

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: Account sheet [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00469

1689/01/19

Constables of Albany

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt for payment

Livingston, having sold the effects of the late Mons. Salovy, paid Albany Constables [Fannes?], Wessel von Broeck, and Philip Forest the entire sum for those effects.

GLC03107.00470

1699/06/19

Abeel, John, 1667-1711

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Peter Schuyler re: bill to pay Robert Livingston

Abeel requests that Col. Schuyler pay Livingston the £7. Contains a note from Peter Schuyler verifying acceptance.

GLC03107.00471

1698/01/25

Groots, Abraham, fl. 1698

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00472

1699/01/27

Vander Zee, Worifer, fl. 1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00473

1699/01/27

Vander Zee, Worifer, fl. 1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00474

1699/02/05

Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00475

1699/02/05

Hunt, Daniel, fl. 1698-1699

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news of the fleet, reports from England

Hunt writes of news from England and the fleet out at sea, claiming that Captain Kidd may be sent home. He mentions the naval action in conjunction with the Scots at Caladonia, and also enslaved people from Algeria. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00476

1699/02/07

Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00477

1700/02/12

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from England

Reports received from ships docked in New York. A ship from Holland told the tale of three ships which were bound from Boston and capsized, drowning most of the crew. Another ship told of the marriage of Anna Cortlandt in Boston. Talks about Lord Cornbury, who "put in for this government." but is rumored to be dead. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00478

1699/02/22

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: arrest of Capt. Kidd

Riggs informs Livingston that a ship has come for Capt. Kidd and the other pirates, and expresses concern that this may cause them to lose some money. Also states that a Mr. We[iver] has been impeached before the House of Commons, and speaks of a naval conflict between France and Spain.

GLC03107.00479