February 24, 1826

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Levett Harris

Discusses the debt of John Payne Todd.

GLC02898

January 15, 1861

Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894

Broadside

Title: Daily telegraph --- extra. Inaugural address of Gov. Andrew G. Curtin

Broadside of inaugural address of newly-elected Pennsylvania Governor Curtin, who would serve through the Civil War. Top of the broadside says "Daily Telegraph --- Extra," which is probably a reference to the "Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph," based out of Harrisburg. Begins as a feel-good speech, which says he will fulfill his duties to the utmost of his abilities. Wants to maintain good economic management and keep paying off the state debt. Becomes more relevant when he references the growing secession crisis and says "No one who knows the history of Pennsylvania and understands the opinions…

GLC03086

1637-1850

Livingston, Family

Header Record

Title: Letters and documents of the Livingston-Redmond family of New York (decimalized).

GLC03107

October 20, 1680

Holyoke, Elizur, 1678-1680

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: request for payment

Holyoke continues his efforts to induce Livingston to repay his debts. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00043

January 19, 1682

Schuyler, Brandt, 1659-1752

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

One letter from Brandt Schuyler to Robert Livingston dated January 19, 1682. Schuyler informs Livingston about the purchase of the Pollepees Island by Courtlandt, who was promised the island by Captain Brock and his council. Schuyler also discusses the prices of flour in Barbados and wheat in Long Island. Written in Dutch.

GLC03107.00080

1684

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00091

1714

Der Spiegel, H.V., fl. 1714

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Attached to the account sheet is an order to Robert Livingston to pay a sum of money to Joseph Richards, signed H:V: der Spiegel, dated 15 July 1714.

GLC03107.01067

1717

Manuscript document

Title: "Proposal of ways & means to raise 12000 [pounds] to pay the Debts of the . . .

. . . Government." List of various ways to raise money, including printing more money, and raising and creating taxes.

GLC03107.01157

1717

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "The Colonie of New York Debt to Rt. Livingston"

Gives a full account of the money due to Livingston, including expenditures for two voyages he was forced to make to Great Britain.

GLC03107.01187

1780

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Authorization to distrain and sell the goods of indebted tenants

Robert Livingston, Jr. authorizes an unnamed individual to distrain goods from tenants of Livingston Manor who have failed to pay their rent, and to then appraise and sell these goods if the tenant is without further means to pay his rent.

GLC03107.03392

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Warrant to seize and distrain tenants' goods for unpaid rent

The warrant authorizes an unspecified individual to seize the goods of tenants who have fallen into debt with their rent, and to sell these goods up to the value of the unpaid rent.

GLC03107.03711

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Warrant to seize and distrain tenants' goods for unpaid rent

The warrant authorizes an unspecified individual to seize the goods of tenants who have fallen into debt with their rent, and to sell these goods up to the value of the unpaid rent.

GLC03107.03716

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Warrant to seize and distrain tenants' goods for unpaid rent

The warrant authorizes an unspecified individual to seize the goods of tenants who have fallen into debt with their rent, and to sell these goods up to the value of the unpaid rent.

GLC03107.03717

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Warrant to seize and distrain tenants' goods for unpaid rent

The warrant authorizes an unspecified individual to seize the goods of tenants who have fallen into debt with their rent, and to sell these goods up to the value of the unpaid rent.

GLC03107.03718

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Outstanding debts due to Robert Livingston, Jr.

GLC03107.03719

4 December 1877

Remington, Philo, 1816-1889

Typed letter signed

Title: to Edward Clark

Signed as President of the Remington Company. Discusses debt owed to the Singer Company which he is not able to pay at this time. Remarks on why he entered into the manufacture of sewing machines, "It was not primarily to make money; ... the impelling motive which drove me into it, was to give my people, ... more especially our skilled labor, - to keep them with us contented in the intervals -- in the periods when we should be without military work." Clark was President of the Singer Company. Singer held Remington's sewing machine division debt. Typed on stationary from the Office of…

GLC02764

26 December 1868

Johnson, Badley T., 1829-1903

Autograph letter signed

Title: to L. L. Smith

Discussing legal business and collection of debts. Written on Johnson's stationary.

GLC02878.03

1703

Cortland, Phillip, fl. 1698-1726

Manuscript document

Title: "Sister Cortlandt's Reckoning" re: Bellomont's debts to Livingston [in Dutch]

Record of financial transactions from 2 November 1702 to 7 May 1703. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00684

September 17, 1696

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account of the Excise at Albany

Covers the period of 25 March 1696 to 17 September 1696. Records excises, the rum and wine expended in households, and Livingston's debts and credits as tax collector.

GLC03107.00335

November 29, 1696

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Mortgage of Col. Dongan

Record of the mortgage of £2172 that Col. Dongan took out from Livingston. Also involves Jacob Harwood and Richard Meriwether.

GLC03107.00349

circa 1585-1763

Ells Smith, Thomas

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Livingston owes Thomas Ells [Smith] for work he did for Livingston's house.

GLC03107.01838

circa 1585-1763

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: List of debtors [fragment]

GLC03107.01848

28 December 1843

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R.W. Latham

Jackson writes to Latham at Upperville, Virginia. Discusses Stockly Donelson's default on a contract involving the purchase of enslaved people from Andrew Jackson Donelson and Andrew Jackson, Jr. Latham who attempted to hold A. J. Donelson and Andrew Jackson Jr. liable for the sum. Tells Latham that Stockly's part of the debt is secured by a deed of trust.

GLC03423

7 March 1844

Clay, James Brown, 1817-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to T. Kelly & Son

Writes regarding a debt for Mr. Marshall. With a newspaper account mocking Clay attached to a blank page of the letter. Account from the Lexington Journal, 24 October, 1862.

GLC03468.01

28 October 1789

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. LVII (October 28, 1789)]

Prints an editorial observing that "…however various the Sentiments respecting the Merits of this System, all good men are agreed in the necessity that exists, of an Efficient Federal Government." Also includes a letter from John Adams in Amsterdam, in which he argues that no state in the American confederation would voluntarily revolt, and intelligence from London and around the United States. Notes President George Washington's upcoming visit to Massachusetts and Boston. Includes an article on paying debts, an abstract from the journal of the first session of the Senate, a report on the…

GLC03173