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1700/05

Manuscript document

Title: List of men in the company's of Coll. Ingoldesby and Capt. James Weemes

GLC03107.04843

1700/08/27

Lanch, John, fl. 1700

Manuscript

Title: Petition of John Lanch to Richard Earl of Bellomont

John Lanch petitioned Bellomont to request that he be paid for some hogs and a cow that Indians slaughtered.

GLC03107.04844

1700/10/30

Commission on Trade and Plantations

Letter

Title: to Richard Earl of Bellomont re: money to sustain troops

GLC03107.04845

1701/04/09

Peyster, Abraham de, fl. 1768

Manuscript

Title: Paper presented to the Council to dispute William Smith's claims to authority

Abraham de Peyster, Samuel Staats, Robert Walters, & Thomas Weaver presented the paper to Council. The document is marked as a copy.

GLC03107.04847

1701/04/14

Smith, William, 1797-1887

Manuscript

Title: Paper presented to the Council in response to statements made by Abraham de Peyster, et al.

The paper is a response to an earlier paper presented by Abraham de Peyster, Samuel Staats, Robert Walters, and Thomas Weaver, in which they accuse Smith of obstructing the work of the Council, and unjustly claiming authority over the Council. In his response, Smith denies charges that he willfully disregarded the Council's wishes, and asks that the Council work wiith him in the future. Smith's paper is followed by a statement of concurrence by Peter Schuyler and Robert Livingston, two members of the Council.

GLC03107.04848

1694/12/06

Nicolls, Richard, 1624-1672

Manuscript

Title: Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.04851

1672/03/14

Lovelace, Fran, fl. 1672

Manuscript signed

Title: Order to the masters of all vessels to declare any liquor traded at Kingston, Esopus, and Albany

The order states that the masters of many vessels have been trading liquor in Kingston, Esopus, and Albany without paying the necessary duty. Lovelace therefore declares that from henceforward, anyone who wishes to trade liquor in those places must first declare their intentions to the custom house and pay the lawful duty.

GLC03107.04852

1767/10/23

New York (N.Y.). City Council

Manuscript

Title: Order that Jacob Leisler and Jacob Milbourne pay the charges against them

GLC03107.04854

1927/02/28

Wall, Alexander J., 1884-1944

Typed letter signed

Title: to Johnston L. Redmond re: missing items from the "Duke's Laws"

Alexander J. Wall, a librarian at The New York Historical Society, writes that Redmond's copy of the "Duke's Laws" is "considerably condensed in the text" and lacking in some items.

GLC03107.04855

1680/05/24

James, Duke of York, fl. 1680

Manuscript signed

Title: Appointment of John Levin to be the agent and servant in New York

James Duke of York appointed John Levin to be his agent and servant in New York, and to inquire about rents, profits, and other similar matters.

GLC03107.04858

1684/08/22

New York (N.Y.). City Council

Manuscript

Title: A bill concerning burials

"Be it enacted by this Generall Assembly and by the authority of the same that within every parish within this Government there shall be one or more places apoynted for the Buriall of the Dead and before the Corps be Interred there shall be three or ffour of the neighbours att Least called who may in Case of suspition view the Corps and according to the Desent Custome of Christendom accompany it to the Grave and that no person shall be buried in any other place then those so appoynted ."

GLC03107.04859

1682/10/03

Manuscript document

Title: Court document

GLC03107.04860

1685/08/29

Spragge, J., fl, 1685

Manuscript

Title: Order of Chancery

The order relates events in a judicial procedure

GLC03107.04861

1687/02/10

Manuscript

Title: Manuscript [in French]

GLC03107.04862

1687/11

Manuscript

Title: The General's order for the round

The manuscript states the General's orders for how he will conduct his rounds of a military camp.

GLC03107.04863

1879/02/13

Brown, Sevellon A., fl. 1879

Letter

Title: to William J. Warren re: response to a research inquiry about William Thompson

Sevellon A. Brown of the State Department in Washington wrote to respond to Warren's inquiry about William Thompson, who served in the American Revolution. Brown gives information of what brigade he was in, and other details of his term of service. The letter is marked as a copy.

GLC03107.04820

February 26, 1805

Graffam, Caleb, fl. 1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Would like offer himself as a candidate for sheriff of the new county of Oxford, and hopes Knox will support his candidacy. Writes that he has spent time as Deputy Sheriff, and relates his qualifications. Hopes Knox will use his influence to help him get appointed.

GLC02437.07917

1698/12/13

Livingston, William, fl. 1769-1793

Letter

Title: to Robert Livingston re: description of Robert's coat of arms [later copy]

William describes some research he did into their family history, and describes Robert's coat of arms. The letter is a later copy of the original, GLC03107.00451.

GLC03107.04819

1901/06/03

Jordan, John W., fl. 1901

Letter

Title: to H. Livingston Rogers re: response to a research inquiry about Anthony and William Thompson

John W. Jordon gives information about William Thompson's military service in the American Revolution. The letter is marked as a copy.

GLC03107.04821

1898/08/04

Wodell, Silas, fl. 1898

Typed letter signed

Title: to Henry B. Livingston re: purchase of Livingston papers

Silas Wodell writes that the owner of the Livingston Papers has accepted Henry B. Livingston's offer of $150 to purchase them. He adds: "I was greatly surprised that they would listen to the offer, but I am informed that the owner of the papers has a Judgment against her and is sadly pressed for money."

GLC03107.04829