1754/12/05

Deforest, Gerardus, fl. 1754

Manuscript document signed

Title: Release of lot of ground in Montgomery Ward, N.Y. to Robert Livingston, Jr.

GLC03107.02882

1755/03/08

Wendell, Jacob, 1691-1761

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: deeds and patents for the Manor

Wendell asks Robert, Jr. to send him all of the Indian deed and patents for the Manor of Livingston, as he desires to help Robert, Jr. assert his right to the entire Manor. He also states that Robert, Jr.'s son is still ill, but he remains well taken care of.

GLC03107.02883

1743/06/09

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: contested boundaries on the Manor

Philip writes that Indians have contested the Livingston's right to a section of the Manor, and claim that they acquired it through illegal means. However, he notes that the contested area is so small, that he will let it go, rather than become involved in a protracted lawsuit.

GLC03107.02682

1745/03/03

Robert Livingston, Jr. & Jacob Slaughter, fl. 1745

Manuscript document signed

Title: Lease of land in Dutchess County to Jacob Slaughter

The document outlines the length and terms of the lease between Robert Livingston, Jr. and Jacob Slaughter.

GLC03107.02723

[1755/11/21]

Ten Broek, Dirck W., fl. 1755

Manuscript document

Title: Deposition regarding the actions of Benjamin Franklin in Taghkanic

Dirck W. Ten Broek, a Justice of the Peace for Albany, relates the deposition given to him on 21 November 1755, regarding the actions of Benjamin Franklin, who recently took over the house of Johannis Van Deusen at Taghkanic in the Manor of Livingston. According to the deponents, Franklin claimed that he purchased the land, and it no longer belonged to Robert Livingston, Jr. or the province of New York. Rather, Taghkanic was now within the colony of Massachusetts.

GLC03107.02939

1749/10/25

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of payment from Jacob Slaughter for one year rent

GLC03107.02774

1749/12/10

Moore, Thomas, fl. 1749-1755

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: instructions for purchasing property

Moore asks Robert, Jr. to write him with instructions on purchasing some property.

GLC03107.02776

1750/03/13

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Letter

Title: to John McKay re: order to cease using meadow ground

Robert, Jr. informs John McKay that he is no longer permitted to use Livingston's meadow ground for any reason. Marked as a copy. Also signed by P. DeWitt.

GLC03107.02779

1714/01/26

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: Creeks and kills of Coxhaghky [Coxsackie]

Contains the testimonies of two former residents of Coxhaghky [Coxsackie] regarding various creeks and kills that lie within that region.

GLC03107.01044

1714/02/08

Manuscript document

Title: Agreement between John Bronk and Gerrit van Bergen

The document attests to an agreement between Bronk and van Bergen in which the two parties divided up two patents of land into two equal estates.

GLC03107.01046

1717/05/20

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Robert Livingston's success in the assembly

Philip congratulates his father for his new position in the assembly, which will allow him to collect the money due to him. He also gives a favorable opinion of his father's Act to join the Manor of Livingston to the County of Albany, and offers to buy the excise of the County if it is up for bidding. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01143

1717/06/04

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: sale of the Island at Canastagione

Philip discusses selling the island of Canastagione, and trading operations with Indians. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01145

1717/06/25

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Mr. Renselaer's land patent

Robert discusses the state of a land patent, his father's debts, and notes that he needs to find some business for himself, as he can no longer live off of his father's income. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01146

1717/07/03

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: errors with Mr. Renselaer's land patent

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01151

1717/07/30

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: borders between land patents

Robert states that he has found means to support himself, and also explains the new borders between Livingston's and Renselaer's land patents. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01159

1710/07/16

Commission on Indian Affairs

Manuscript document

Title: Propositions made to the Mohawks and an answer.

The Commissioners state that English families will be settling on the land called Skohere, and they ask that the Mohawks send some men there to accompany the Surveyor General as he searches for an appropriate place to make a road. In their answer from the 3 July 1710, the Mohawks explain that Lord Bellomont broke the deed of the sale of Skohere, which means that the English no longer own that land. The Mohawks are outraged at the Commissioners' plans to take their land away from them, and insist that no decisions will be made until their Sachems return from England.

GLC03107.02098

1711/03/01

Mohawk Indians

Manuscript document signed

Title: Propositions to Hendrick Hanse (Sinnonquirese)

P.1 states that 3 Mohawk Sachems appeared in Albany and requested that Hendrik Hanse, whom they call Sinnonquirese, appear at a general meeting at Sinnondoroge. P.2 records the Mohawks' proposition, dated 5 March 1711, at Sinnondoroge. The Mohawks tell Hanse that they think of him as one of their own people, and that they desire him to manage their affairs. They therefore request that he speak on their behalf and procure a fort and a minister for them. Jan Baptist van Eps signed as the interpreter of the proceedings.

GLC03107.02101

1728/05/28

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Consignment of land on the Manor of Livingston to Jacob Vosburgh

Document is in Dutch and English. P.2 two notes that approximately 90 acres of land on either side of Roeloff Johnson's Kill, including all houses, barns, and orchards, are now in the possession of Jacob Vosburgh.

GLC03107.01818

1686/07/20

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: Conditional release of a tract of land to King James II

During his term as Governor of the province of New York, Thomas Dongan purchased a tract of land called Saratoga from the Mohawk Indians, and then released it to a number of Dutch and English men, among them Robert Livingston, in the form of a land patent on 4 November 1684. In the document, Robert Livingston states that there is a creek in his territory where Indians come to fish, and he notes that it would make a convenient settlement for the Christian Indians of Canada, and would also open up the opportunity to trade with these Indians. Livingston therefore releases the tract of land to…

GLC03107.01828

1684/08/02

Onondaga and Cayuga Sachems

Manuscript document

Title: "Proposition or oration of the Onnondages & Cayouges Sachims made in the . . .

. . . Town hall of Albany before the Right hon[or]able the Lord Effingham Govenor of Virginia and Coll. Thomas Dongan Gov[ernor] of New York" In their proposition, the Indians state that since the English now exceed the Indians in number, the English should protect them from French. They go on to express their sense of unity with the English, and their desire to give their land to whichever Sachim they please.

GLC03107.01935

1711/04/13

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: settlement of Palatins

Robert Jr. requests that his father travel to the Manor in order to assist with the settlement of Palatins and the marking of boundaries. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00870

1711/04/28

Relations of Robert Livingston

Letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: request for Livingston's presence in Albany

Livingston's relations, (John Schuyler, John Collins, Phillip van Corlandt, Geertrayd van Cortlandt, and Phillip Schuyler), request that he travel to Albany in order to help them settle accounts and finish the sale of a plantation. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00877

1712/01/16

Wood, John, fl. 1712

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: meeting to share the "flaw"

Wood informs Livingston that William Weid has employed someone to survey the "flaw," and requests that Livingston meet with them to share it out, or he will otherwise lose it. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00897

1712/06/15

White, William, fl. 1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: request that Livingston go to the [fly]

White explains that the [fly] has been measured, and requests that Livingston join him and the other proprieters at the location. He also asks that Livingston bring the rum and sugar that he promised to the surveyor. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00921

1732/05/01

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Document signed

Title: Indenture for the lease of land to Evert and Maria Evertse

As Lord of the Manor of Livingston, Philip Livingston leases a tract of land "from the Manor house to the Church" to Evert and Maria Evertse for their own use and improvement, provided that they pay an annual rent, and also plant pear and apple trees on the land. Signed by Evert Evertse; Maria Evertse signed with ther mark.

GLC03107.02463