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1749/07/28

Moore, Thomas, fl. 1749-1755

Manuscript document

Title: Account of John Scott Lawrence and the Sloop Flora Mell

GLC03107.02763

1749/08/12

Bowman, Joseph, fl. 1749

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of John Scott Lawrence and the Sloop Flora Mell

Charges on the account are the wages due to Bowman for several days labor. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.02764

1749/07/29

Smith, Jeramiah, fl. 1749

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of John Scott Lawrence and the Sloop Flora Mell

The charge on the account is for carpentry work.

GLC03107.02765

1749/07/29

Lawrence, John Scott, fl. 1749

Manuscript document signed

Title: Portage bill for the Sloop Flora Mell

Written in Curacao

GLC03107.02766

1749/07/31

Campbell, Malcom, fl. 1749

Manuscript document

Title: Account of John Scott Lawrence and the Sloop Flora Mell

The charge on the account is for candles. Signed by John Scott Lawrence.

GLC03107.02767

1749/07

Lawrence, John Scott, fl. 1749

Manuscript document

Title: "Manifest of the Cargos Onboard the Flora Mell"

Written in Curacao

GLC03107.02768

1749/09

Lawrence, John Scott, fl. 1749

Autograph document signed

Title: Account of the Sloop Flora Mell for sundry disbursements

Charges on the account are for rum, meat, and some other items.

GLC03107.02769

1749/10/04

Anderson, John, fl. 1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: request for farm servents

Anderson writes that he is aware of a vessel expected from Holland with servants, and asks Robert, Jr. to procure one for him that is knowledgable of farming.

GLC03107.02770

1749/10/06

Lawrence, John Scott, fl. 1749

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston, Jr.

Charges on the account are for limes, oranges, sweet meats, and bread; as well as for labor performed on a voyage.

GLC03107.02771

1749/10/11

Lawrence, John Scott, fl. 1749

Manuscript document signed

Title: Portage bill for the Sloop Flora Mell

GLC03107.02772

1772/06/23

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Isaac Provoost

The charges on the account are from 18 October 1749 and 20 June 1768, for nails, shot, flour, and cornell. Signed by Jeunis [?] Vechten.

GLC03107.02773

1749/10/25

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of payment from Jacob Slaughter for one year rent

GLC03107.02774

1749/11/15

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: brotherly affection

Philip writes of how he misses his brother Rober, Jr. who has moved from New York and back up to the Manor. He expresses his deepest "brotherly affection," and is "sorry for the absence of so good a Brother."

GLC03107.02775

1749/12/10

Moore, Thomas, fl. 1749-1755

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: instructions for purchasing property

Moore asks Robert, Jr. to write him with instructions on purchasing some property.

GLC03107.02776

1749/12/18

Van Nes, Cornelius, fl. 1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: [in Dutch]

GLC03107.02777

1749

Lawrence, John Scott, fl. 1749

Autograph document signed

Title: "Frieght List of Sundrys from Curacao in the Flora Mell"

GLC03107.02778

1750/03/13

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Letter

Title: to John McKay re: order to cease using meadow ground

Robert, Jr. informs John McKay that he is no longer permitted to use Livingston's meadow ground for any reason. Marked as a copy. Also signed by P. DeWitt.

GLC03107.02779

1751

Thomas Penington & Son, fl. 1751

Manuscript document

Title: Account of the owners of the Dover

Charges on the account are from December 1750 to May 1751.

GLC03107.02780

1750/04/11

Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 1710-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: shipping and trading

Peter discusses arrangments for shipping and trading on the Dover and Oswego.

GLC03107.02781

1750/05/05

Waddell, John, fl. 1744-1756

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: shipping and trading

GLC03107.02782

1750/08/21

Livingston, John, 1714-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: elections in New York

John writes that a "Paper warr is declared on the Topick of Elections," and believes that it will be more difficult to form a party now than in the past. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02783