1706/05/09

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Edward King re: R. Livingston's bail

Robert explains the state of his bail, and expresses concern regarding his voyage to New York. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00778

1706/05/10

Key, John, fl. 1706

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: habeus corpus for R. Livingston's release

Capt. Key informs Robert that he has paid for a habeus corpus to secure Robert's release. With letter on p.2 from Robert Livingston to Capt. Pati[irnio], London, 11 May 1706. In this letter Robert discusses the financial terms of his release. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00779

1706/05/13

Key, John, fl. 1706

Manuscript document signed

Title: Key's testimony of an agreement between R. Livingston and Blackham

Key's testimony regarding a bond and agreement between Robert Livingston and Richard Blackham. According to Key, Blackham failed to fulfill his obligations and thus complicated the release of Livingston.

GLC03107.00782

1706/05/13

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: Note of payment to William Livingston

Robert Livingston promises to pay a sum of money to William Livingston "on demand."

GLC03107.00783

[1706/05]

Livingston, William, fl. 1769-1793

Document signed

Title: Bail bond for Robert Livingston

Fragment of the lower right-hand side of paper. Contains the signatures and seals of William Livingston and John Key. The docket reads: "Bail bond for me rejected by Mr. Bishop."

GLC03107.00788

1713/04/13

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: slow trade and a shortage of money

Philip urges his father to procure a pass to go to Canada where he may make some money, and asks that his father to help him financially by sending him one or two enslaved people, and paying some of his debt. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00970

1713/02/24

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: "List of small Debts owing at Sopus and Dutchess County"

Below the list of debts, Livingston appoints his son Gilbert as his attorney to resolve the debts.

GLC03107.00987

1713/02/23

Borland, John, 1660-1727

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: debt of Mr. Barclay

Borland complains of an unpaid debt of Mr. Barclay's, and asks that Livingston assist him in procuring the money. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00989

1687/11-1688/04

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

An account of the debts accrued in shipping beaver, otter, and bear pelts from New York to London in November 1687 and April 1688. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00150

1687/11/10-1694/09/05

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Merchandise for account of Jacob Harwood of London

Account sheets itemize transactions between Livingston in Albany and Harwood in London, including fees such as shipping and customs duties. Calculates Livingston's debt to Harwood from 10 November 1687 to 5 September 1694.

GLC03107.00151

1688/05/24

Lockhart, George, fl. 1688

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Receipt for the personal belongings of eighteen men, which were sold to Livingston. Items include horses, carbines, calico stockings, and hats. P.3 contains a statement signed by 19 men ordering that Livingston pay the balance of his account with them. The men seem to be troops stationed at Schenectady. Also includes a note signed by George Lockhart attesting to the truth of previous statement. It is dated 1 June 1688.

GLC03107.00156

1688/12/06

Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724

Manuscript document signed

Title: Minutes of Albany Council meeting

Livingston had applied to the Town Council of Albany for an increase in salary from £15 to £20, because the county of Albany, which had previously allotted Livingston £5, had discontinued this practice. However, the Council denied the request, claiming the burden of mounting debts.

GLC03107.00158

1689/12/01

Gilbert, John, fl. 1689

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of John Gilbert re: debt to Livingston

Gilbert acknowledges his debt to Livingston and promises to pay it.

GLC03107.00164

1696/11/15

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet from ledger book [mostly Dutch with some English]

Includes one page in English, describing an "Account of Money disbursed by Rt. Livingston in Procuring of 10 Barrels of Powder which were taken from him and Major Peter Schuyler by Jacob Leysler in the time of the late Revolution." The remainder is a record of accounts in Dutch.

GLC03107.00175

1690/03/17

Bull, Jonathan, fl. 1690

Note signed

Title: to Joseph Whiting re: orders to pay Bull's bill

Bull requests that Whiting make a payment to Capt. Andrew Bolcher on the account of Robert Livingston.

GLC03107.00183

1691/02/28

Jamison, David, fl. 1619-1717

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from around the colonies

Jamison, a merchant in New York, reports to Livingston on the state of the Assembly in Albany, which continues in its trend of not remitting bills on time. Jamison also sends word of a fleet of 150 ships sailing "for all parts," and that Sir William Chipps was appointed the Governor "of all from N[ew] Yorke to Nova Scotia." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00188

1691/03/18

Meriwether, Richard, fl. 1691-1695

Manuscript document signed

Title: "Letter of Attorney" re: naming Robert Livingston as Meriwether's lawyer

The first two pages are the Letter of Attorney, transfering title of attorney in the matter of Meriwether vs. Jeremiah Todhill to Robert Livingston. Todhill was alleged to have been in debt with Meriwether to the sum of one hundred pounds. Page three is a statement by Edward Antill, witnessing a monetary transaction to Meriwether and the Letter of Attorney to Livingston.

GLC03107.00189

1691/04-1694/11

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Account sheet itemizing transactions between Livingston and Harwood, including shipping fees and customs duties. Records Livingston's outstanding balance to Harwood. .

GLC03107.00190

1694/08/04

Palmer, Thomas, fl. 1694

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Laurence Read re: orders to pay Samuell Sewell and Maj. Penn Townsend

Read owed the sum of £110 to Sewall and Townsend, who have signed over the Bill to Stephen Van Cortland, who signed the bill over to Robert Livingston, who signed the bill over to Orville van Suiton.

GLC03107.00193

1692/04/25

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: ramifications of the death of Gov. Sloughter

Harwood writes with the reactions to the death of Governor Sloughter, under whose personal signature Livingston's loans to the government were made. Harwood claims, to the hopes of Livingston, that "there be some probability of the Lordships paying those old Debts" and then discusses the corruption of the Court of William III. Harwood hopes for peace and good trade, and ends with the belief that "by the next [letter] from here you will have good or very bad news." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00209

1719/02/20

Mora, Richerd, fl. 1719

Manuscript document signed

Title: Promise for payment to Robert Livingston

GLC03107.01254

1720/11

Sydenham, George, fl. 1696

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: reasons for nonpayment of debts

Sydenham explains that he is facing difficult financial times, and therefore will not be able to make an expected payment to Livingston. He sites such reasons as a poor harvest and the death of some livestock to explain the shortage of funds. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01323

1720/12/29

Decker, Gerrit, fl. 1720

Document signed

Title: Agreement to repay a debt to Robert Livingston

GLC03107.01336

1769/07/15

DeWitt, Peter, fl. 1764-1769

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: desire to resolve debts

Peter DeWitt gives an extensive account of his most unfavorable and unfortunate financial circumstances, apologizes for any misunderstandings, and hopes that he and Robert, Jr. may come to an agreeable resolution of their business and debts.

GLC03107.03209

1769/11/08

Livingston, Peter Robert, fl. 1765-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: expulsion of English merchants from New Orleans

Peter Robert explains that he has news that Capt. Harris must stay in New Orleans a little longer to collect some debts, and notes that the Spanish Governor has ordered all English merchants (with the exception of Harris) out of the territory.

GLC03107.03213