1725/07/09

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: customs laws

Robert expresses his annoyance with some customs laws, and gives his sympathy to his ill parents.

GLC03107.01659

1725/07/22

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: introduction for friends of Philip Livingston

Philip sent the letter with the wives of Joh. Myndertse, Barent Vroman, and Jan Baptist van Eps, three of his best customers, who desire to meet Robert and Alida Livingston.

GLC03107.01665

1725/07/25

Bayard. Stephen, fl. 1725-1731

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: word from Samuel Vetch

Stephen writes that a letter came for his wife Alida from her father Samuel Vetch, and that he is not sure if Vetch plans to return to the colony any time soon. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01666

1725/07/27

Collins, Ed, fl. 1725

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: a post at Schenectady

Collins writes that his father desires Livingston to write to the Governor in order to help him to obtain the post at Schenectady.

GLC03107.01667

1725/07/27

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: a post at Schenectady

Philip asks that his father help Uncle Collins get the post at Schenectady and appeal to the Governor on his behalf.

GLC03107.01668

1725/08/05

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: sympathy for his father's illness

Robert Jr. expresses saddness for his father's affliction, and sends his wishes for recovery. He also discusses government posts, and the possibility of Gilbert Livingston receiving a Lieutenancy.

GLC03107.01672

1725/08/25

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Assembly meeting

Robert Jr. expresses his happiness at hearing that his father is to travel to New York to meet with the Assembly. He also mentions some provisions he has aquired to aid his father's health, and sends his gratitude to his mother for a cow.

GLC03107.01682

1725/09/25

Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: wishes for good health

GLC03107.01709

1727/06-1727/07

Commission on Indian Affairs

Manuscript document

Title: Rough drafts of proceedings of Commissioners of Indian Affairs

Contains a number of records of the proceedings at meetings of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, as well as drafts of letters to Governor Burnet. P.1 is a fragment of a larger document that welcomes the Indians to trade with the English, and warns against the treachery of the French. The records of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs discuss ways to have the palatines provide military detachments with food, the retrieval of captive children from Canada, and the need to be on guard against possible French and Indian attacks. The last two pages are letters written in Dutch to Captain…

GLC03107.02162

1701/08/28

Livingston, John

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: return from voyage

John writes that he and his family are arrived safely from a voyage, and have a large cargo of clret, brandy, and white wine. He hopes that the admiralty will judge in their favor, and notes that he will depart on another voyage in about a week. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.02177

1701/09/08

Vetch, Samuel, 1668-1732

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: note of deepest respect

Vetch writes his mother in law, Alida, that he shall always have her in his thoughts, and that he will soon depart on another voyage. He hopes that Alida will look after his wife Margaret in his absence, and also forwards some effects of a voyage he recently took. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02178

1701/12/23

Livingston, John

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: condemned sloop and cargo

John writes that the admiralty court condemned a sloop and cargo worth a considerable amount of money, and prays for patience and the opportunity to start over and pursue another just cause with a more favorable outcome. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02179

1701/12/25

Vetch, Samuel, 1668-1732

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: misfortune and suffering

Vetch prays that he may have the patience to bear what God has inflicted upon him, and believes that his misfortune must be a part of God's greater designs. He sends his respects to Alida, and hopes that she may yet see her grandchildren. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02181

1704/04/29

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Letter

Title: to Alida Livingston re: [in Dutch]

P.3 contains ALS from Robert Livingston to his daughter [Margaret] in English. Robert writes that her letter has caused him grief, as it seems that "it has pleased God to Cross you in this troublesome world." He also states that he is trying to help her husband by finding him an office and a commission, but they are very difficult to come by. He ends with an expression of hope that "God sanctify all these afflictions." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02184

1706/05/10

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Letter

Title: to Alida Livingston re: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.02185

1711/04/13

Livingston, Johanna, fl. 1711-1717

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.02187

circa 1585-1763

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Distribution of Robert Livingston's estate among his children

GLC03107.01849

1679/10/13

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: "Accompt of Charges Expended upon the Christian Prisoners to witt . . .

. . . 2 woomen & 4 children wh. came from Oneyde, being taken from Virginia." Account of the services rendered by different individuals and the sums that they were paid.

GLC03107.01890

1679/10/30

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document signed

Title: Proposition to the Oneidas

Kendall states that he is writing to discuss recent incidents of Oneida Indians destroying and plundering colonial settlements, and abducting some women and children. He explains that he is willing to forgive these actions as long as the Oneida agree to cease all attacks, and obey the law that obliges all Indians to stand still and lay down their weapons upon contact with a white man.

GLC03107.01891

1679/10/31

Oneida Sachem

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to the proposition of William Kendall

In their answer, the Oneida Sachems admit that they destroyed the property of white settlers and took women and children captive. They explain that they were unjustly provoked, however, when white settlers shot some Oneidas for eating their corn, a privilege that Coll. Coursey granted them in a convenant made two years prior. The Sachems ask for a return to peace, and request that they be treated as friends in the future. Document signed by Robert Livingston Secr. as a true copy that he translated.

GLC03107.01895

1725/11/12

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: wishes for good health

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01739

1725/12/02

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: birth of a daughter

Philip shares his joy over the birth of a daughter named Sarah. On the 3 December 1725, Philip attached another note in response to a letter he just received from Robert.

GLC03107.01743

1725/12/13

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: writing practice

Robert shares with his Grandfather what he has so far learned in the "science of writing."

GLC03107.01744

1725/12/15

Van Horne, Johanna, fl. 1723-1725

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert and Alida Livingston re: news of the family

Jo[h]anna writes of her family's health and how she longs to see her parents.

GLC03107.01746

1725/12/16

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: kidnapping of a boy at Schenectady

Philip expresses sorrow at the state of his father's health, and mentions that it is reported that some Indians kidnapped an English boy. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01747