1805/07/19

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Printed document signed

Title: [Mediterranean ship passport for the schooner Charlotte]

Signed as president and countersigned by Secretary of State Madison. Partially printed document permits the passage of the merchant schooner Charlotte, commanded by Samuel Candler. Notes that the schooner weighed 103 tons, was mounted with no guns, and operated with a crew of seven men. Numbered 158.

GLC01250

1776/12/31

United States. Continental Congress.

Autograph document signed

Title: Extract from minutes of Congress re: raising Maryland troops

Disbound. Directs Smallwood to raise Maryland troops Was written in Congress.

GLC01205.02

1783/09/03

Treaty of Paris, 1783

Pamphlet

Title: The definitive treaty between Great Britain and the United States of America

Printed by Philip Denis Pierres for Benjamin Franklin. Untrimmed and unopened. First printing of the Treaty of Paris. The seal on the title page perhaps the second appearance of the Great Seal of the United States and "E plurubus unum."

GLC01234

1700/03/30

Nanfan, John, fl. 1688-1702

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news of forwarded packet from Earl of Bellomont

Nanfan writes to Livingston that he had received a packet from the Earl of Bellomont, which he forwarded to Albany to Livingston and the rest of the Indian Affairs Commissioners. Also, Nanfan writes of the arrival of New Jersey Governer Andrew Hamilton in New York.

GLC03107.00592

1700/02/20

Graham, James, fl. 1679-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Lord Bellomont's testimony before Parliament

Graham writes that Lord Bellomont had testified before Parliament for five days regarding the case of Captain William Kidd, and after having completed his testimony and being acquitted from any wrongdoings, Bellomont has issued orders that all pirates in the American colonies ("Maryland, Pennsilvania & the Jerseys") be transported to England. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00593

1700/04/29

Graham, James, fl. 1679-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from England

Graham writes of the news he recently received from England. The King and Parliament are in accord, according to Graham, and England is willing to join Scotland on its colonial excursion. Merchants have continued their complaints against the Bellomont Administration, and Graham feels as though he has been forgotten by the Government, which would allow him to be "eased of my troublesom station in that government." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00594

1700/05/25

Nanfan, John, fl. 1688-1702

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: congratulations on return from Indian Mission

Nanfan welcomes Livingston's return to Albany, after having been on a mission to the Onondaga tribe in an effort to maintain peaceful relations between the tribe and the colony. Nanfan then further writes that Governor Nicholson, while aboard the frigate 'Shoram Prize,' captured a pirate and "rescued a great many good vessels he had taken," releasing three English prisoners taken by the Pirate. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00596

1700/05/24

Pynchon, John, 1626-1703

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Livingston's Onondaga mission

Pynchon writes to congratulate Livingston on his return from the Onondaga tribes, realizing the difficulties placed upon him by the French overtures of peace towards the tribe and claiming "If the 5 nations be not debauched by the French but keep intire to you & his Majestys interest which is most strenuously to be endeavored" then peace should remain. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00597

1700/02/20

Nanfan, John, fl. 1688-1702

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Parliamentary hearing on Capt. Kidd's Commission

Nanfan writes to forward news of the Parliamentary hearings discussing the Commission of Captain Kidd. According to Nanfan, who includes a transcribed copy of the minutes of the Parliamentary Committee detailed to investigate this Commission, the Earl of Bellomont was charged and testified in the case. Bellomont, in Nanfan's words, "was cleared by a very great majority consequently with a great deal of honnour." The issue of Major John Schuyler's military excursion to Canada was raised, with Nanfan reminding Livingston of the illegality of "transportation of horses and mares to Cannada…

GLC03107.00599

1701/03/31

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Livingston & Schuyler's Remonstrance for Actions at his Majestys Council

Robert Livingston and Peter Schuyler, having been summoned to a memorial service held upon the death of the Earl of Bellomont, travelled to New York where (with the absence of the Lieutenant Governor) the Council illegally invited Coll Smith to become President of the Council. This remonstrance is an apology for misreading the situation and for having acted so. Document signed by both Schuyler and Livingston.

GLC03107.00607

1701/04/04

Cosens, B., fl. 1699-1702

Manuscript document signed

Title: re: Request that Livingston and Schuyler submit accounts with the Remonstrance

Robert Livingston and Peter Schuyler are each ordered to submit their own accounts of the illegal administration of the Provincial Government by the Council. Written at Fort William Henry

GLC03107.00608

1701/04/19

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Certification of Coll Smith as President of Provincial Council

Legally worded document in which Robert Livingston and Peter Schuyler give their support to Coll Smith, the President of the Provincial Council.

GLC03107.00609

1701/06/26

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from New York and England

Riggs writes disbelieving the actions recently taken by the French, and forwarding news of Parliamentary addresses to the King. He also writes of two merchants who decide against voyaging to Albany, and of a Captain whose ship had been siezed in New York Harbor. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00614

1701/07/06

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: the death of James the old Pretender

Riggs writes with news of the death of former King James II, known afterwards as the 'Old Pretender.' Having not received any news from London, Riggs assumes that an embargo is in effect, and writes of a murderer who confessed to his crimes in the jail at Hartford. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00616

1701/07/07

Jamison, David, fl. 1619-1717

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: report from trial of William Kidd

Jamison writes discussing Livingston's difficulties with the Provincial Council, and forwards the false rumor that Kidd "has stood tryall & is acquitted." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00618

1701/07/14

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: potential embargo

Riggs writes reiterating his fears of a news embargo, stating that no ship with news had arrived at either Boston or New York. He sends word that, contrary to rumors, Virginia Lt. Governor Nicholson is not married, and reports of a Major Hobbes who travels through the streets of New York with "three or four Negroes in a handsome livery." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00620

1701/07/15

Jamison, David, fl. 1619-1717

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: prospect of a peaceful summer

Jamison writes to thank Livingston for his news on the Indian situation, claiming "We hear from Boston there is little prospect of any warr this Summer" and his hopes that this is a sign of things to come. He also writes of the Assembly elections, "if we carry it [at Exeter] & at Albany we shall have the majority" and news from Capt. Vetch who informed the intermediary that there was "no embargo nor warr" preventing news from entering into New York or Boston. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00621

1701/07/25

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Governor Tolvin's voyage to Jamaica

Riggs writes of the first ship come to New York after such a long period of inactivity, a ship carrying twenty eight passengers from England and France. He also describes a fleet of twenty-eight ships carrying two thousand men to accompany Governor Tolvin to his new post in Jamaica. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00623

[1701]/07/03

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: forwarding Parliamentary addresses to King

Riggs writes of the murder of a man "last sunday morneing wee found one of our men ded in the street, three men run awaye that night" and also of his enclosure of "the house of Lords and the house of Commons address to the King . . . [which] contains matters of great moment." He concludes with "I will allways tack care that all treatyes I meak shall bee for the honnor of England." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00624

1701/08/30

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: "My Reply to Mr. Weaver's Answer" re: Livingston's salary

Livingston's petition contesting Royal Collector Thomas Weaver's decision to revoke all "warrants" granted to Livingston. These warrants, which are payments for Livingston's expenditures in victualling the troops at Albany and other such layings-out of money on the Provincial Government's behalf, are vital to Livingston's finances as he had "exhausted his means to support the credit of the Government." Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00628

1701/09/02

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Petition to John Nanfan re: explanation of an incomplete account summary

Livingston petitioned with an explanation as to the incompleteness of an accounting of all payments received from the Provincial Government for the previous seventeen years. This report remained incomplete, according to Livingston, due to unforseeable circumstances including the death of the Earl of Bellomont, negotiations with the "Indians of the 5 nations as Secretary to the Indian affairs," and a summons to sit in the Assembly upon the absence of the Lt. Governor. He also requests that the warrants which were deemed "frivilous" be reinstated, and finally requests an auditor to be…

GLC03107.00629

1701/09/10

Winthrop, John, fl. 1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: support and friendship

Winthrop begins with a diatribe against the "Blockhead that past through the Towne with the maile" and subsequently did not pick up a letter which Winthrop had intended for Livingston. He then writes more seriously of his support for Livingston in his struggles to regain his expenditures - "I wish you safe against all designes that may hurt your interest and hope you have foreseene to guard Against the Envy of prejudiced and unreasonable persons." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00632

1701/09/03

Winthrop, John, fl. 1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: return of John Livingston and Samuel Vetch

Winthrop happily writes of the "preservation & safe returne" of John Livingston and Samuel Vetch, and claims to have had "many doubts." He states that he has heard "but a little" of their plans for the next voyage, and writes of an "Act layde before the Lords Spirituall and Temporall for reuniting to the Crowne the Government of Severall Colonyes & Plantations in America." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00635

1701/09/16

Livingston, John

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Livingston's problems with the Government

John writes home to discuss the problems that father wrote of to son, namely the difficulties in being reimbursed for the moneys outlayed for the Provincial Government. He says "I hope since god has been so merceyfull as for to Releve us of one Govr he will allso be Eabell to furnice us with a good on." He thanks his father for the "Acct of the apreyseall of ouwer goods at Boston" and writes that "when [Vetch returns] I will have an Exackt Acct of Everything." Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00637

1701/09

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Fragment of account sheet re: expenditures outlayed for province of New York

Part of an itemized list detailing each of the outlays of Livingston made for the Province of New York, totalling £5335 19 shillings 2 1/4 pence. The outlays included "Incidents" and Provisions for the Indians of the Five Nations , and "for Makeing 400 wheel Barrows to fortify Albany & Shinnectady."

GLC03107.00641