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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

1725/12/14

Van Horne, Cornelius, fl. 1721-1737

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: trade and sale of goods

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01745

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

1725/12/16

Bayard. Stephen, fl. 1725-1731

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from the West Indies

Stephen writes that the King is to return to London, and that England will go to war with Spain for reasons unknown to him. He also discusses the state of trade in the West Indies. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01748

[1725/06/30]

Livingston, Henry, 1714-1799

Autograph manuscript

Title: "State of Innocence"

Poem on the innocence of childhood.

GLC03107.01749

1726/06/13

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.01750

1725/09/28

Meese Koogeboom, Pieter, fl. 1725

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01751

1725/10/03

Salisbury, Frederick, fl. 1725

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01752

1725/12/20

Schuyler, Myndert, 1672-1755

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01753

1726/01/17

Rees, Benjamin, fl. 1726

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt [in Dutch]

Rees signed with his mark.

GLC03107.01754

1726/01/08

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: land assessment

Philip writes that the land assessment is nearly finished, and the amounts are almost the same as last year. He also informs his father of what goods he has to sell.

GLC03107.01755

1726/12/28

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

GLC03107.01756

1727/08/05

Commission on Indian Affairs

Manuscript document

Title: Meeting of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs

The document states that the Senecas have gone to the Flatheads to make peace, and also discusses bringing more of the Far Nations to trade at Albany. P.2 is a meeting of the Commissioners, 7 August 1727. The Commissioners discuss the English trading house at Oswego, and the need to defend it against the French.

GLC03107.02163

1727/10/11

Commission on Indian Affairs

Letter

Title: to Governor Burnet re: the journal of Laurence Claese

GLC03107.02164

1727/12/27

Commission on Indian Affairs

Manuscript document

Title: Meeting of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs

Docketed on p.4.

GLC03107.02165

[1768/11]

Map

Title: Indian Boundary Line as Settled by Sr. William & them in Nov[ember[ 1768

GLC03107.02166

1680/11/06

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: [in Dutch]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02167

1695/09/05

Livingston, Alida Schuyler, 1656-1727

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nicholas Bayard re: order for payment to Robert Schuyler

Alida orders Bayard to make a payment to Robert Schuyler on behalf of her husband, Robert Livingston.

GLC03107.02169

1696/09/10

Shaw, William, fl. 1681-1697

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: order to pay [?] Wendels on the account of William Shaw

GLC03107.02170

1699/10/29

Livingston, Alida Schuyler, 1656-1727

Manuscript document

Title: Bond to John Mitchell

Alida Livingston acknowledges a debt to John Mitchell for beef that she bought for the garrison at Albany. Her signature was removed from the document. P.2 contains a statement signed by John Mitchell, 11 September 1711, in which he assigns payment of the bond on p.1 to Mr. Lewis Lyrion. On p.3, Jacob Thibois signs for receipt of the bond from Edward Antill, 7 November 1700. Docketed on p.3.

GLC03107.02171