1749/07/29

Lawrence, John Scott, fl. 1749

Manuscript document signed

Title: Portage bill for the Sloop Flora Mell

Written in Curacao

GLC03107.02766

1749/07

Lawrence, John Scott, fl. 1749

Manuscript document

Title: "Manifest of the Cargos Onboard the Flora Mell"

Written in Curacao

GLC03107.02768

1744/02-1744/03

Keteltas, Abraham, fl. 1724-1744

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of the Jamaica Packet at Curacao

Charges on the account are for expenses accrued while Capt. Keteltas was in Curacao. Written in Curacao

GLC03107.02698

1744/03

Keteltas, Abraham, fl. 1724-1744

Manuscript document

Title: "A Manifest of a Cargo of goods on Board the Brig Jamaica Packquet"

P.1 records the goods that various individuals shipped to Curacao, and to whom these goods were consigned. P.2 is an account of the Brigantine Jamaica and the expenses accrued on the voyage. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.02700

1744/04/16

Keteltas, Abraham, fl. 1724-1744

Manuscript document

Title: Portage bill for the Jamaica Packet from New York to Curacao

Written in Curacao

GLC03107.02703

1679/04/07

Graham, James, fl. 1679-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: possible apprenticeship for Graham's brother

Graham asks for advice on how to deal with his brother; should he be apprenticed to a merchant or be set up with room and board in Albany? Requesting that if the former be the choice the merchant be Livingston. Graham offers to forward, when possible, various articles from Barbados, including rum and molasses. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00037

1717/03/27

Beekman, Henry, fl. 1696-1717

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from England and the West Indies

Beekman gives news that the Duke of Marlborough and Prince of Whales are dead, the King has arrived in England, and that provisions are very low in the West Indies. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01132

1725/12/16

Bayard. Stephen, fl. 1725-1731

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from the West Indies

Stephen writes that the King is to return to London, and that England will go to war with Spain for reasons unknown to him. He also discusses the state of trade in the West Indies. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01748

1728/07/04

Bayard. Stephen, fl. 1725-1731

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: price of provisions in New York and Curacao

Stephen writes of the extravagant prices for provisions in Curacao, and compares them with the prices in New York. He also writes of the theft of rum from Capt. Watten's cellar.

GLC03107.01821

1716/05/20

Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Livingston re: trading news

Gilbert writes that he has shipped Philip's flour, and hopes that there are no losses on it. He also notes the price of rum and flour from Barbados. On p.2 Gilbert made a copy of his letter to Cornelius Van Horne concerning the shipment of Philip's flour. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02438

1716/10/29

Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Livingston re: request to sell goods

Gilbert asks Philip to sell some goods he recently received from Barbados, and also sends the account for 2 tons of flour shipped to Barbados. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02445

1735/07/14

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dirk van Veghten Junr. re: poor trade with Jamaica

Philip remarks that trade from Jamaica is poor at the moment, and makes some requests for provisions to be sent to him. Notes that he has sent an ill enslaved man to van Veghten. Remarks that he has been ill for some time but believes he is recovering.

GLC03107.02468

1742/09/20

Crooke, Robert, fl. 1742

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of Philip Livingston

GLC03107.02472

1741/09/18

Boyd, William, fl. 1741

Manuscript document

Title: Account of goods shipped to Jamaica from New York

The document lists the amount of goods shipped by different individuals, among them Philip Livingston, and to whom the goods were consigned in Jamaica.

GLC03107.02473

1745/09/12

Wainwright, William, fl. 1745

Document signed

Title: Invoice of rum shipped to Philip Livingston in New York

GLC03107.02485

1725/09/30

Young, Elias, fl. 1725

Document

Title: Invoice of goods shipped to Robert Livingston Jr. in New York

The goods were shipped from Curacao on the Sloop Royl Ranger, under the command of Elias Young, and consigned to Robert Livingston Junior. On p.2 Robt. and Peter Livingston & Comp. sign for receipt of the full contents. Written in Curacao

GLC03107.02498

1732/06/08

Barry & Cruger

Manuscript document

Title: Invoice of sundry goods shipped to Robert Livingston Junior of New York

Robert purchased silver and a box of china.

GLC03107.02503

1734/10/28

Kursted, Jacobus, fl. 1734

Document signed

Title: Invoice of goods shipped to Robert Livingston Jr. in New York

Barry & Cruger shipped rum to Robert Livingston Jr.

GLC03107.02516

1725/07/17

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: request to purchase flour

Philip asks his father to purchase flour from Cornelius van Horne and to have it shipped to Barbados.

GLC03107.01664

1724/06/15

Schuyler, John, fl. 1724

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

Docketed on address leaf. Written in Curacao

GLC03107.01595

1717/10/08

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Johanna Livingston re: departure for Barbados

Robert asks where Jo[h]anna plans to stay for the winter, as he is traveling to Barbados. He also asks that Jo[h]anna make him some shirts and work clothes.

GLC03107.01189

1725/10

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Prices of imports from the West Indies

Lists prices of West Indian and African enslaved people, rum, sugar, molasses, and other items.

GLC03107.01732

1785/09/28

Livingston, Robert Jr., 1688-1775

Manuscript document

Title: Order for West Indian produce given to Mr. Ja. Backus

Robert, Jr. asks for rum, sugar, molasses, pickled cod, and dry cod.

GLC03107.03588

1739/04/11

Lush, John, fl. 1739

Document signed

Title: Bill for flour shipped by Gilbert Livingston to Robert G. Livingston

Gilbert shipped the flour to Robert G. Livingston in Antigua. Printed by John Peter Zenger, 1738.

GLC03107.04410

1864/02/01

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Transport to return black colonists from Haiti. The colonists were freed slaves. In 1862, 450 African Americans were recruited to settle on the Island of Vache, off the coast of present-day Haiti. Small pox and mismanagement by a white government-appointed manager contributed to the colony's failure. The transport ship dispatched by President Lincoln picked up only 368 survivors.

GLC03973