1785/01/27

Few, William, 1748-1828

Autograph document signed

Title: Signed oath in re: land grant (c/s William Glascock)

GLC02471.12

1771/03/13

Goldsborough, Robert, 1733-1788

Document signed

Title: Legal indenture for title to a tract of land

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.14

1782/08/03

Harwicke, John, fl. 1782

Document signed

Title: Land office warrant for James Clark

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.21

1769/07/28

Iroquois Nation

Document signed

Title: Six Nations. Document signed with the holograph totems of 14 chiefs.

A reciept acknowledging the final payment for land ceded by the Six Nations at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. With the loss of these lands the Six Nations eventually dispersed: the Mohawk and Cayuga to Canada, the Oneida to Wisconsin, while the Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora stayed in upstate New York.

GLC02548

1837/11/17

Bee, Barnard E., fl. 1837

Document signed

Title: Land grant certificate for army service of Thomas J. Green

Partly printed document signed by Bee as Secretary of War.

GLC02566

1834/08/21

Beales, John C., fl. 1834

Document signed

Title: Rio Grande And Texas Land Company certificate with map

Printed on very thin paper (art vellum style) with handcolored map of the grant area. Numbered 55. Signed by Beales, Isaac A. Johnston and Silas M. Stilwell.

GLC02567

1830/10/16

Burnet, David G., fl. 1830-1870

Document signed

Title: Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Certificate no. 12075

Signed by Anthony Dey, William H. Sumner and George Curtis as trustees for Burnett, Lorenzo De Zavala and Joseph Vehlein, granting a parcel to J.R. Poinsett. Illustrated with map at bottom left. Streeter 117.

GLC02568

1836/02/07

Holland, Benjamin G., fl. 1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his sister re: fighting for Texas with the "Louisiana Grays"

Written as an officer in the Texas Army in the Louisiana Grays. Mentions his new land ownership and his affection for a young woman.

GLC02574

1834/07/01

Williams, Samuel May, fl. 1834-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward C. Hanrick

Hanrick was an Alabama speculator in Texas lands. Williams held the lands in trust until colonists from Alabama were to arrive. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02576

1684/11/04

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715

Manuscript document

Title: Land patent for Robert Livingston

Robert Livingston's original deed for a tract of land purchased from two Indians and located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River in a region known as Roeloffe Johnsons Kill. In return for this tract of land, Livingston's yearly "Quit Rent" due to his Majesty was twenty shillings. P. 2 contains a certification statement and signature by Lewis A. Scott. Written at Fort James (formerly Fort Amsterdam)

GLC03107.00118

1684/10/14

Van Dyck, Cornelius, fl. 1684

Manuscript document signed

Title: Legal document re: the estate of Anthonia Slackboome

Written and signed by both Cornelius van Dyck and Johannes Provoost, administrators and trustees of the estate of Antonia Blackboome, widow of the late Arent van CorLaer. The document certifies the transfer of a tract of land to Johannes Clute. The bottom of p.2 contains a certification statement by one of Livingston's clerks, which states that the document was entered into the office records on the 12 December 1684.

GLC03107.00119

1684/10/26

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Land Transaction with Major Dirkursses

Livingston conveys unto Maj. Dirkursses a tract of land contained within Roeloff Johnsons Kill occuppied by Jacob Vosburgh's farm. "Agents Letters" printed on verso.

GLC03107.00121

1685/08/27

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715

Manuscript document signed

Title: Land patent for Robert Livingston

An expansion of Livingston's original tract of land at the Roeloffe Johnsons Kill to add an additional 600 acres of land (these being adjacent to the furthest expanse of the Province of New York on the border with Connecticut, and therefore not adjacent to his previous grant of land), for an annual rent of eight shillings. Written at Fort James (formerly Fort Amsterdam)

GLC03107.00129

1685/08/27

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715

Manuscript document signed

Title: Land patent for Robert Livingston

An expansion of Livingston's original tract of land at the Roeloffe Johnsons Kill to add an additional 600 acres of land (these being adjacent to the furthest expanse of the Province of New York on the border with Connecticut, but not adjacent to his previous grant of land) for an annual rent of eight shillings. Copy of GLC 3107.01.00129. Certified as a true copy by Robert [Harpun] on p.4. Docketed on verso. Written at Fort James (formerly Fort Amsterdam)

GLC03107.00135

1686/07/22

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715

Manuscript document

Title: Land patent for Robert Livingston

A reiteration of the two previous grants of lands given to Livingston, with the words "all which several tracts or parcels of Land lying together." As the two parcels of land as granted were not adjacent, the connection of these masses of land created a property almost 200,000 acres in size. The granting of these lands together created a "Lordship and Manor," and the entire annual rent remained at twenty-eight shillings. Written at Fort James (formerly Fort Amsterdam)

GLC03107.00136

1686/07/22

Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715

Manuscript document

Title: Land patent for Robert Livingston

A reiteration of the Land Grant of 1686, with a review of the rights and privileges forthcoming to Livingston and his heirs as Lords of Livingston Manor. This grant also states that Livingston's annual rent is to be decreased to twenty-five shillings and is to be paid on the 25 March.

GLC03107.00142

1687/05/02

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peter Schuyler re: a farm called Cralo

Livingston requests that his brother-in-law clear the tenants and farmers from Cralo, a tract of land recently purchased by Livingston.

GLC03107.00147

1700/05/10

Fort, Jean, fl. 1700

Autograph document signed

Title: Caveat against attaining a patent for land

Caveat against anyone desiring a patent to aquire land behind Jean Libertse's house. Below the caveat is a letter from Fort to [Livingston] explaining the enclosed caveat.

GLC03107.00565

1702/04/21

Clarkson, fl. 1702-1765

Manuscript document signed

Title: Writt re: auditing Livingston's lands and properties

A Writt authorizing the tabulation of the "true value of the Lands and Tenements Goods and Chattells of Robt Livingston Esqr," ordered by King William III.

GLC03107.00674

1696/10/06

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: "Memorandum of an agreement made between Capt Teunis de Key & Robt Livingston"

An agreement between de Key and Livingston regarding de Key's filling land on Livingston Manor to make the land level with the dock, to be completed by 1 October 1697. In return, de Key was to be paid £90 and a gold ring for his son. A receipt of the completion of the task, with all transactions made, signed by de Key is dated on 18 May 1697.

GLC03107.00339

1696/10

Sharpas, William, fl. 1696-1711

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Itemized record of the cost of recording a deed. Sharpas acknowledges receipt of payment.

GLC03107.00342

1694/10/12

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Document assigning Power of Attorney to Alida Schuyler Livingston

Legal document assigning all Powers of Attorney to Alida Livingston in Robert Livingston's stead while he travels to England. At the bottom of page 3 is a second instance of this granting of the Power of Attorney to Alida Livingston on 30 April 1703, on the advent of another voyage to England by Livingston. These Powers of Attorney grant Alida Livingston all the powers held by Robert, including those to "lease and Lett any of [Livingston's] lands" and "to ask demand Levy Sue for Recover and receive off and from all manner of Persons all Such Debts dues & demands as is owing belonging or…

GLC03107.00238

1693/06/21

Verplank, Jacob, fl. 1693

Autograph document signed

Title: Document [in Dutch]

Receipt for Quitrent of Arent Tunison in Dutch.

GLC03107.00231

1774/08/12

Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810

Manuscript document

Title: [Revocation of Cyrus Griffin's power of attorney][copy]

Witnessed by Leroy Peachy, Samuel Griffin, and William Griffin. The power of attorney had been granted by Burges Ball and John Payne, and their wives, and pertained to the administration of land in Virginia. Also contains a copy of the identity and marriage certification made by James Gordon, the justice of the peace for Lancaster County, Virginia, as well as James Ball, Dale Carter, and Richard Mitchell. A note on the verso by Thomas Griffin indicates that the certification was recorded in a court in Lancaster County on 15 September 1774.

GLC02923

1830/05/25

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Manuscript document

Title: Official copy, permitting Hugh Witt to get land & settle in Texas (in Spanish)

Written in Spanish, signed for Austin by Samuel May Williams. Streeter, Texas 9.

GLC02930