1701/08/19

Livingston, Robert Jr., 1688-1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: recommendation for representatives to Onondaga

Robert Junior asks his uncle Robert Livingston to recommend him and David Schuyler as representatives to travel to Onondaga.

GLC03107.02065

1701/09/26

Nanfan, John, fl. 1688-1702

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: transcription of a journal

Nanfan asks Livingston to trascribe/translate a journal, and to send it home to the Ministers the following evening. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02066

1677/08/22

Seneca people

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to Cornell Coursey's proposition

The Sinnondowannes & Cayugas extend their gratitude to the Governor General and to the English for their willingness to forgive the past. They also offer beaver furs in order to resolve past conflicts.

GLC03107.01878

1678/12/04

Andros, Edmund, 1637-1714

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: instructions for collecting the excise

Governor Andros thanks Livingston for his letter regarding relations between Indians and settlers. He also gives Livingston instructions on how to collect the excise revenues. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01879

1679/09/25

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document signed

Title: Proposition made to the Mohawks

William Kendall, the Agent of Indian Affairs in Virginia, writes to set the terms of the colony's relationship with the Mohawks. In order to maintain peace and friendship, Kendall writes that all Indians are required to stand still and lay down their arms upon contact with any Christians, or risk being killed as an enemy.

GLC03107.01881

1679/09/26

Mohawk Indians

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to Coll. William Kendall's proposition

In their answer, the Mohawks find Coll. Kendall's terms of peace to be agreeable, and consent to lay down their arms before Christians as a sign of friendship. Signed and verified as a true copy by Robert Livingston Secr., who translated, compared, and revised the document.

GLC03107.01882

1679/09/26

Mohawk Indians

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to Coll. William Kendall's proposition [in Dutch]

Contains the signature of Robert Livingston Secr.

GLC03107.01883

1679/10/06

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document signed

Title: "Answer upon a certain message sent to him by the Onnondages Sachims . . .

. . . with one of the Sakamakers call Othonoones." Kendall states that he knows nothing of an alleged covenant made in private between the Onondagas and Coll. Coursey. He also scolds the Onondagas for postponing a meeting due to smallpox, as he believes that to be a poor excuse.

GLC03107.01884

1679/10/06

Onondaga Sachems

Manuscript document

Title: "Message from the Sachems of Onnondage to Col: Wm. Kendall . . .

. . . agent of Virginia sent by one of there Sachems calld Othonoonis accompanyed with his sonne and another Indian." Othonoonis explains that agreements made with Coll. Coursey indicated that colonial agents would visit Onondaga territory, rather than have the Sachems travel to Albany. He also notes that small pox has prevented travel.

GLC03107.01885

1679/10/06

Onondaga Sachems

Manuscript document

Title: Message from the Sachems of Onondagas to Col: Wm: Kendall [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01887

[1678]

Manuscript document

Title: "An Accompt of Presents given to the Onneydes Sachims upon the Country . . .

. . . of Virginia Acct. at the delivery of the 6 Prison[ers]." Account of the quantity of tobacco, rum, bread, meat, and other provisions given to the Oneidas for the delivery of prisoners.

GLC03107.01889

1679/10/13

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: "Accompt of Charges Expended upon the Christian Prisoners to witt . . .

. . . 2 woomen & 4 children wh. came from Oneyde, being taken from Virginia." Account of the services rendered by different individuals and the sums that they were paid.

GLC03107.01890

1679/10/30

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document signed

Title: Proposition to the Oneidas

Kendall states that he is writing to discuss recent incidents of Oneida Indians destroying and plundering colonial settlements, and abducting some women and children. He explains that he is willing to forgive these actions as long as the Oneida agree to cease all attacks, and obey the law that obliges all Indians to stand still and lay down their weapons upon contact with a white man.

GLC03107.01891

[1679]

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document

Title: Proposition to the Oneidas

Proposition of Kendall and Col. Southy Littleton (who is noted to have died before the Indians came), contains the same statement as that in GLC03107.01.01891 and .01892. Followed by a proposition by Kendall to the Mohawks and westward Indians, in which Kendall notes that these Indians are forgiven for past aggressions, and are expected to obey the law of standing still and laying down weapons before a white man. It appears that a signature was cut out of the document.

GLC03107.01893

[1679]

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document

Title: Proposition to the Oneidas

Copy of GLC03107.01.01893.

GLC03107.01894

1679/10/31

Oneida Sachem

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to the proposition of William Kendall

In their answer, the Oneida Sachems admit that they destroyed the property of white settlers and took women and children captive. They explain that they were unjustly provoked, however, when white settlers shot some Oneidas for eating their corn, a privilege that Coll. Coursey granted them in a convenant made two years prior. The Sachems ask for a return to peace, and request that they be treated as friends in the future. Document signed by Robert Livingston Secr. as a true copy that he translated.

GLC03107.01895

1679/10/31

Oneida Sachem

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to the proposition of William Kendall [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01896

1679/10/30

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document

Title: Proposition to the Oneidas [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01897

1679/11/01

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document

Title: Proposition to the Onondagas [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01898

1679/11/01

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document

Title: Proposition to the Onondagas

In the proposition, the Onondagas are reprimanded for their aggressions against white settlers, and are instructed to obey the law of standing still and laying down their arms before white men.

GLC03107.01899

1679/11/01

Kendall, William, fl. 1679

Manuscript document signed

Title: Proposition to the Onondagas

In the proposition, the Onondagas are reprimanded for their aggressions against white settlers, and are instructed to obey the law of standing still and laying down their arms before white men. Copy of GLC03107.01.01899.

GLC03107.01900

1679/11/01

Onondaga Sachems

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to the proposition of William Kendall

In their response, the Onondagas claim that the attacks upon white settlers were made without their order, and thank the white men for their forgiveness and understanding. They note, however, that in the future the white men should allow the Onondagas to take corn and provisions as they pass through white settlements on their way to battle.

GLC03107.01901

1679/02/03

Pretty, Richard, fl. 1678-1681

Manuscript document

Title: Declaration to William Abrahamse Smitt [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01902

1681/03/07

Pretty, Richard, fl. 1678-1681

Manuscript document signed

Title: Document [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01903

1682/06/13

Brockholes, Anthony, fl. 1682-1728

Manuscript document

Title: to the Maryland agents re: meeting with Indians to investigate attacks

Brockholes writes that he has ordered a strict inquiry to be made among all the northern Indians in order to discover who participated in the attacks upon white settlers in Maryland and Virginia. He notes that the Mohawks and Senecas claim innocence, and have been extremely helpful with the investigation; and invites the Maryland agents to Albany in order to conduct the investigation themselves. Signed as a true copy by Robert Burman.

GLC03107.01904