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1690/05/24

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians

Copy of item GLC03107.01.00169. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00170

1690/06/05

Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Account sheet itemizing all goods shipped from London by Harwood to Livingston in Albany.

GLC03107.00171

1690/06/07

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Governor Bradstreet re: French and Indian encounters on the frontiers

Livingston writes of his regrets for the capture of the settlement at Cascoe Bay by the French and their Indian allies, and his belief of a need to "Subdue Canada." He then mentions writing to the Government at Albany in an effort to discover the strength and readiness of the men assembled of the Iroquois five nations, and an outbreak of Small Pox in the Albany area. He also writes of the take over of the government of New York (by Jacob Leisler, whom Livingston only mentions). Page three is a copy of the letter written by Livingston to Capt. Nicholson, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,…

GLC03107.00172

1690/06/21

Ander, John, fl. 1690

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Honest Robin" (Robert Livingston) re: news of New York

Ander, the captain of a ship, writes with news of the safety of Livingston's family in New York. He sadly forwards news of the illness of Livingston's daughter Hanah. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00173

1690/07/09

Davis, fl. 1690

Letter

Title: to Robert Livingston re: declining chance to join party traveling to Albany

Captain Davis writes that he must go to his family and attend to their illness. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00174

1680/09/03

Sandyrsi, Robbert, fl. 1680

Manuscript signed

Title: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00044

1682/06/13

Ryckman, Albert, fl. 1680-1703

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

List of debits accrued by Livingston in transactions between 23 January 1680 and 30 March 1682.

GLC03107.00045

1681/03/17

Mouboy, Victor, fl. 1681

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

An account of transactions from 1680.

GLC03107.00046

1681/06/21

Rutgers, Herman, fl. 1681

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Docketed on p.2.

GLC03107.00047

1680/09/29

Ryckman, Albert, fl. 1680-1703

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Account sheet for transactions between Robert Livingston and Albert Ryckman between 24 June 1680 and 5 September 1680.

GLC03107.00048

1680/09/07

Martins, Paul, fl. 1680

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account fo Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00049

1680/07/08

Van Dam, C. Ripse, fl. 1680

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00050

1680/12/07

Manuscript document

Title: Document of a court proceeding [in Dutch]

Document concerns Robert Livingston, Alida Schuyler, and Nicolaus van Rennselaer. Contains names of seven individuals present, including C. van Dyk.

GLC03107.00051

1680/09/08

Manuscript document

Title: Fragment of account sheet [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00053

1680/12/07

Pretty, Richard, fl. 1678-1681

Manuscript document signed

Title: Court proceedings discussing Alida Schuyler's assumption of late husbands debts

GLC03107.00054

1681/11/21

Schuyler, Brandt, 1659-1752

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]

Much of the document is damaged and is therefore illegible. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00055

1682/01/13

Brockholes, Anthony, fl. 1682-1728

Letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: comments on a report from Schenectady

Brockholes dismisses a report from Schenectady as idle talk coming from a drunken man. A good portion of the document is illegible due to damage. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00057

1681/06/06

West, John, fl. 1681

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: news from Boston and Oxford

West mentions the Collection of Customs and the General Court of Assizes, and news from Boston that the Parliament at Oxford is being prorogued, due to tensions between the legislature and the King. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00058

1681/06/08

Graham, James, fl. 1679-1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: governmental disturbances in New York

Graham mentions civil disturbances occurring in New York, including the treatment of the mayor who "Continues still in Confinement." Graham also discusses having "ord'd 40000 men to be ready at [the Duke of York's] disposall." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00059