1687/12/27

Cochrane, Hugh, fl. 1687

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: offers of friendship and service as a trapper

Cochrane, a French trapper from Canada, uses his knowledge of a Mr. Gregoire to gain contact with Livingston. Fragment of docket on address leaf.

GLC03107.00152

1688/03/24

Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700

Manuscript document signed

Title: re: Robert Livingston's taxes paid for 1686 and 1687

Stephen Van Cortlandt and James Grahame, managers of "his Majty's Reveune," certify by this document that Robert Livingston had paid his excise of the years 1686 and 1687. P.2 contains a distinct note containing monetary calculations.

GLC03107.00153

1688/04/16

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Invoice of goods shipped by Harwood in London to Livingston in Albany. Signed in document. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00154

1688/07/11

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: invoicing of goods

Harwood sends Livingston an updated total for his account to accompany the invoices already sent. Also, Harwood turns down the prospect of selling "Steele & Iron, & Cuttlasses" and further requests that any personal purchases be invoiced separately. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00155

1688/05/24

Lockhart, George, fl. 1688

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Receipt for the personal belongings of eighteen men, which were sold to Livingston. Items include horses, carbines, calico stockings, and hats. P.3 contains a statement signed by 19 men ordering that Livingston pay the balance of his account with them. The men seem to be troops stationed at Schenectady. Also includes a note signed by George Lockhart attesting to the truth of previous statement. It is dated 1 June 1688.

GLC03107.00156

1688/08/11-1692/03/11

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of the Excise of Albany

Account sheet of excise money collected by Robert Livingston from 11 August 1688 to 11 March 1692.

GLC03107.00157

1688/12/06

Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724

Manuscript document signed

Title: Minutes of Albany Council meeting

Livingston had applied to the Town Council of Albany for an increase in salary from £15 to £20, because the county of Albany, which had previously allotted Livingston £5, had discontinued this practice. However, the Council denied the request, claiming the burden of mounting debts.

GLC03107.00158

1688

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Corn disbursement list for troops at Schenectady [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00159

1689/10/19

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Rhyme [in Dutch] re: Leysler

Possibly discusses Leisler's Rebellion.

GLC03107.00160

1689/01/16

Pynchon, John, 1626-1703

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston

Pynchon sends news of New England Governor [Edmund Andros's ] excursion to find Indians in Maine, Governor's non-return, leading to fears of his demise. Rumors are passed along about an invasionary fleet sailing from Holland to England carrying the Prince of O[range]. Pynchon hopes that the news of the Dutch invasion of England is untrue, as otherwise Europe would be covered by "yt Efusion of Ch[ris]tian Blood," as all parties would gain more if they were "uniting together agt ye the French who are not ye best Neighbors." He also sends news of a battle between the forces of Prince Louis XIV…

GLC03107.00161

January 20, 1690

Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724

Letter signed

Title: to Henry Sloughter

Written to the newly selected Governor of New York, Henry Sloughter, who is still in transit from England. Schuyler has written this letter in an effort to make himself, his associates, and their allegiances known to the new governor, describes the situation in the colony under the "boundlesse [inserted: Pretended authority]" of Jabob Leisler. The actions of the "Indians of ye 5 Nations," the Iroquois, and the "french Tamporings" are discussed as well. Letter mentions the creation of "5 Commissions for 5 Justices of the Peace at a village called Schenectady" and fears of a French and…

GLC03107.00162

1689/08/08

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Constables of Albany re: warrant to transport effects of Tounis Williams

Dongan orders Jacob Sanders, Robert Sanders, and Albert Ryckman as Constables of Albany, to transport the personal efefcts of Tounis Williams to Robert Livingston to be held until the proper heir appears.

GLC03107.00163

1689/12/01

Gilbert, John, fl. 1689

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of John Gilbert re: debt to Livingston

Gilbert acknowledges his debt to Livingston and promises to pay it.

GLC03107.00164

1689/12/28

Leisler, Jacob, fl. 1689-1700

Manuscript document

Title: Commission for a Justice of the Peace [copy]

Leisler appoints Roger Jacobson to the position of Jusice of the Peace. Certified as a true copy by Robert Livingston. Written at Fort William Henry.

GLC03107.00165

1690/03/03

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Will and Testament of Robert Livingston

Livingston's son John is named as the heir to Livingston Manor. The lands are divided amongst John, Philip, Robert, and Gilbert, while the houses in the town of Albany are divided amongst Margret and Johanna . His wife was to receive land as well, contingent on her "pure widowhood." Livingston further names his wife as executrix of his will, and divides the estate of his parents and that of his wife's parents equally amongst all his children. He wills the sum of £50 along with clothing and "necssaries" to his nephew Robert .

GLC03107.00166

1690/04/20

Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724

Manuscript document signed

Title: Bond [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00167

1690/05/02

Mitchell, Johan, fl. 1690

Autograph document signed

Title: "Apprizement of Thomas Cravens Creatures"

Appraisement of various animals, including horses, bulls, bucks, lambs, rams, and hogs.

GLC03107.00168

1690/05/24

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians

An account of twenty-two cows, sixteen bulls, and forty sheep brought from Tashkanik to Hartford by tenants fearing Indians. Livingston lists the tenants to whom the livestock are divided, and how the animals are branded. P.2 contains a note addressed to Mr. Cyprian Nicolls in which Livingston discusses providing for the animals through the winter and grants Nicolls the use of his "Negro" until the spring.

GLC03107.00169

1690/05/24

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians

Copy of item GLC03107.01.00169. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00170

1690/06/05

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Account sheet itemizing all goods shipped from London by Harwood to Livingston in Albany.

GLC03107.00171

1690/06/07

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Governor Bradstreet re: French and Indian encounters on the frontiers

Livingston writes of his regrets for the capture of the settlement at Cascoe Bay by the French and their Indian allies, and his belief of a need to "Subdue Canada." He then mentions writing to the Government at Albany in an effort to discover the strength and readiness of the men assembled of the Iroquois five nations, and an outbreak of Small Pox in the Albany area. He also writes of the take over of the government of New York (by Jacob Leisler, whom Livingston only mentions). Page three is a copy of the letter written by Livingston to Capt. Nicholson, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,…

GLC03107.00172

1690/06/21

Ander, John, fl. 1690

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Honest Robin" (Robert Livingston) re: news of New York

Ander, the captain of a ship, writes with news of the safety of Livingston's family in New York. He sadly forwards news of the illness of Livingston's daughter Hanah. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00173

1690/07/09

Davis, fl. 1690

Letter

Title: to Robert Livingston re: declining chance to join party traveling to Albany

Captain Davis writes that he must go to his family and attend to their illness. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00174

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

1689-1691

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet from ledger book [partially in Dutch]

The first page discusses the sale of beaver pelts. The second page is a list of five people's accounts, all of whom were paid in cash by Brant Schuyler.

GLC03107.00176