1701/11/24

Sharpas, William, fl. 1696-1711

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news of the wars of Europe

Sharpas writes first of Lord Cornbury's impending arrival in New York, with his retinue including his wife and children, Mr. Honan his private secretary, and Coll Richard Ingoldsby. He then writes of the war which was ongoing in Europe, in which King Willliam travelled to Holland with an army, the Swedish army (led by the young Swede king) defeated the Saxon army near Riga, and a rout of the French by the Italians (in which 13,000 Frenchmen were killed and "54 pieces of Cannon" were taken).

GLC03107.00655

1701/11/26

Watts, Robert, fl. 1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: discovery of Samuel Vetch's abandoned ship

Watts writes of the suppositions surrounding Samuel Vetch's ship, still laden with its cargo of spirits and furs. Capt. Vetch's journal of the excursion, along with his papers (receipts for the illicit goods and the like), were discovered aboard the abandoned ship, and it is presumed that some of the cargo had been previously off-loaded (adding to hopes of Vetch's survival). Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00657

1701/11/27

Campbell, Duncan, fl. 1694-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: discovery of Vetch's abandoned ship

Campbell sends the account of Lt. Governor Nanfan pertaining to Samuel Vetch's abandoned ship, in which it claimed contraband items (18 casks of brands, beaver skins, scarlet cloth) were found on board. He says "wee all Long to heare what is become of Capt. Vetch," adding to the mystery of the ship's grounding.

GLC03107.00658

1701/11/27

Schuyler, Brandt, 1659-1752

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

Docketed.

GLC03107.00662

1701/12/02

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00663

1701/06/10

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document

Title: Livingston's outlays of monies as victualler

Livingston writes this in an effort to clear his name from any claims of misappropriation of funds. He claims that all monies outlaid, to four companies of troops kept in New York and Albany, were done so at the behest of the Colonial Governor, the Earl of Bellomont.

GLC03107.00664

1701/06/03

Weaver, Thomas, fl. 1701

Autograph document signed

Title: Monies outlaid by the Treasury to agents in New York

Weaver asserts that the only monies distributed by the Treasury to governmental agents in New York was £500 to William Ashurst, and that Robert Livingston should submit a claim for that amount to the coffers of the late Earl of Bellomont.

GLC03107.00665

1701/05/22

Riemer, Isaac, fl. 1701

Manuscript document signed

Title: Deposition asserting Livingston's claims

Riemer, the Mayor of New York, asserts in this deposition that Robert Livingston swore before him and God that he (Livingston) had not received any of the £1196 4 shillings 3 pence alleged to have been taken by him from the Earl of Bellomont.

GLC03107.00666

1702/01/07

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph note signed

Title: Promissory Note re: Sampson S. Broughton

Livingston promised to pay Broughton the sum of £3. On 19 October 1705 Broughton acknowledged receipt of the full amount owed to him by Livingston.

GLC03107.00667

1702/07/24

Vanden Heyden, Dirke, fl. 1696-1702

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Record of transactions beginning in 1701 and continuing into 1702.

GLC03107.00668

1702/02/20

Lawrence, William, fl. 1702

Manuscript document signed

Title: Findings of Colonial Commission detailed to investigate Livingston's affairs

The commission of William Lawrence, William Smith, and Sampson S. Broughton, as appointed by Governor of New York Edward Viscount Cornbury, have found that Livingston's allegations of malfeasance were true and that he was treated vindictively and unfairly. It was found by the commissions "humble opinion" that Livingston's Salaries should be reinstated, and all other requests for funds should be granted, as they were not unreasonable considering the "hardshipps" he had endured.

GLC03107.00669

1702/01/31

Broadhurst, Jonathan, fl. 1698-1702

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Broadhurst acknowledges receipt of money from Robert Livingston for his son John.

GLC03107.00670

1702/02/02

Cosens, B., fl. 1699-1702

Manuscript document signed

Title: Restoration of Livingston's Estate

Orders from the Colonial Governor and Council of New York restoring Robert Livingston "to the quiet and Peaceable possession of his Estate reall and Personall." Docketed on verso. Written at Fort William Henry.

GLC03107.00671

1726/05/14

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Samuel Vetch

Livingston's account with Vetch, beginning 7 March 1702, amounted to £820 due to Robert Livingston. All forms of transactions are tabulated, from purchases of "limons" and "muslin" to the giving of pocket money to Mrs. Margaret Vetch.

GLC03107.00673

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

1702/05/27

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Orders re: naming all officers and soldiers of Fort William Henry as freemen

Due to regulations preventing all but free men from carrying on as tradesmen in the colonies, many soldiers and officers of his Majesty's Armies had deserted their posts due to want of food and clothing. In an effort to convey gratitude and maintain the town's protection from "the French of Canada and their Indians," the Council ordered that all soldiers and officers barracked at Fort William Henry be granted the status of free men, and all rights and priveleges which follow.

GLC03107.00675

1702/06/08

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Petition to Viscount Cornbury re: Livingston's fiscal investigation

Petition from Robert Livingston to new Colonial Governor Viscount Cornbury, in which Livingston details the pains he had to endure in his "persecution" over public funds. P.4 contains a note in response to Livingston's petition, dated 10 June 1702 by B. Cossens. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00676

1702/06/30

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Viscount Cornbury re: delays in accounting for monies received

Livingston writes apologizing for delays in the complete accounting of funds received since 25 March 1696, claiming that the records were delivered to Stephen van Cortlandt, who died in 1701. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00677

1703/01/26

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet re: fees required as Court Clerk

Bill for £16 1 shilling 4 pence following the trial of "4 negroes for murder." Fees were included for such items as "Suppoena for [11 witnesses]" "Swearing the above 11 witnesses before the grand Jury" "Swearing an officer to keep the Jury" and "Taking & Entering the Verdict."

GLC03107.00678

1702/09

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Account of what Rt. Livingston owes by Bond with interest & without"

A list of eight individuals to whom Livingston owes bonds with interest, totalling £1225 15 shillings 5 pence. In addition, he also owes £619 16 shillings 2 pence in bonds without interest, for a total of £1845 11 shillings 7 pence in monies owed.

GLC03107.00679

1702/09/12

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Viscount Cornbury re: discussion of Livingston's undertaking victualling

Livingston writes in an effort to inform of the reasons for his undertaking the position of victualler to the forces at Albany (due to fear of a reduction of forces should a victualler not be found), and his subsequent difficulties in receiving payment for his services (by Livingston's calculations, his accrued repayment should total £1589 15 shillings 6 pence).

GLC03107.00680

1702/09/30

Commision on Customs

Manuscript document signed

Title: Commissioners of Customs report re: Robert Livingston's finances

The report of the Commissioners of the Customs, (Wenham and [Panconniere]), detailed by Viscount Cornbury to examine and report on Livingston's accounts for the Excise and Quit Rents of Albany, in which it was determined that all accounts were up to date, and Livingston was indebted to her Majesty Queen Anne for a sum of £55 and 7 shillings for salary recieved while suspended from his position. Docketed on recto.

GLC03107.00681

1707/11/28

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Accounts re: estate of late Gabrise Minvielle

Expenses regarding the estate of Gabrise Minvielle, including "Tobacco Pipes" "Examining the Copy of the Will & the Copy of the Probate" and "finishing the Inventory [of the Estate]," and also two notes of debt to Messrs. Barbary and Hardenbrouck. Transactions begin November 1702.

GLC03107.00682

1703/05/27

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Accounts re: estate of late Gabrise Minvielle

Account sheet concerning the estate of Gabrise Minvielle beginning November 1702.

GLC03107.00683

1702/11/12

Cosens, B., fl. 1699-1702

Manuscript document signed

Title: Council meeting re: auditing Livingston's accounts

The Committee of Customs named Caleb Heathcote, Thomas Wenham and Peter Fauconnier to the committee in charge of auditing Livingston's accounts.

GLC03107.00685