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Deed of land to Elisha Williams

The document states the terms of John Pell's and Ezekiel Ashley's sale of land to Elisha Williams. The document is marked as a copy.

GLC03107.04733

Bill of sale of a brigantine to Jonathan Clark

GLC03107.04734

to [?] re: shipping and mercantile services [fragment]

GLC03107.04736

Deed of land to Asa Douglass

GLC03107.04739

Promise to repay a debt to Daniel Tracy

GLC03107.04740

Deed of land to Asa Douglass

GLC03107.04742

Summons for William White to appear in court

GLC03107.04745

Notes on a court case concerning a land dispute [fragment]

GLC03107.04754

to Elisha Shelden re: request for financial assistance

GLC03107.04755

Testimony concerning Asa & Benajah Douglas

John Cary's testimony describes his financial and business dealings with the Douglas's.

GLC03107.04759

Statement concerning a deceased father's papers

The author of the document states that after his father's death, his brother, Cornelius Dunham, saved the deceased man's papers.

GLC03107.04763

Testimony regarding Asa & Benajah Douglas

Asa Douglas, Jr. testified about an occasion on which his father, Asa Douglas, gave cattle to Benajah Douglas. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04766

to Mr. van Dyck re: property rental

Richard Wilson writes that he has not yet decided how he is going to rent a certain property, but in the meantime states that Mr. van Dyck may share part of it with Mr. Livingston.

GLC03107.04775

Account of Teunis van Vechten

Teunis van Vechten purchased buttons and a coat from Henry Whiteman.

GLC03107.04782

to [?] re: sympathy for the loss of one's husband

D.H. Livingston writes to share his sorrow over the death of a friend's husband. Docketed on p.4.

GLC03107.04783

Cheque written to William Slade

The cheque was written from the account of Wells H. Livingston.

GLC03107.04792

to Mr. Livingston re: invitation to attend a sociable at the Griswald House

GLC03107.04793

"Petition of Robert Livingston on which the patent of 1686 was founded"

GLC03107.04797

[fragment]

GLC03107.04800

Defense plea in the court at Albany

The defendant, William Sydenham, denies Johannes de Peyster's charge that he unlawfully sold and profited from de Peyster's beaver furs.

GLC03107.04868

Directions for running a boundary line according to a land patent of 1715

GLC03107.04928

Copy of a bail bond

GLC03107.04930

Order to leave William Smith's papers out of the Council Book

The document declares material in William Smith's papers to be unjust and insulting, and therefore unfit to be recorded in the Council Book. The document was signed by Abraham de Peyster, Samuel Staats, Robert Walters, and Thomas Weaver. Marked as...

GLC03107.04935

Report on an inspection of damnified goods

Per the request of Henry Douglas, an inspection and report was made about damnified goods from the Unity William Patience.

GLC03107.04940

Blank writ of the mayor's court

GLC03107.04943

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.04973

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.04983

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.04985

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.05000

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.05016

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.05028

Meeting about militias on the Manor of Livingston

The manuscript discusses what areas are to be included in Capt. Livingston's militia. Docketed on recto.

GLC03107.04916

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.04992

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.05015

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....

GLC03107.04820

Genealogical information about the Livingston family

The document lists various members of the Livingston family, and their dates of marriage, birth, and death. Written by the son of John Swift Livingston.

GLC03107.04822

History of the Livingston family

The manuscript traces the Livingston family back to its first descendents in Scotland. It was thought that the first member of the Livingston family was a Hungarian man who arrived in Scotland in 1070.

GLC03107.04825

Guide to handling money and finances [incomplete with fragmented pages]

The book contains instructions on how to fulfill various financial transactions, such as "Multiplication of Money," "Reduction," and the "Rule of Three." Extensive explanations and examples are given for each lesson.

GLC03107.04828

Grant of power of attorney to Rip van Dam

GLC03107.04832

Opinion of the attorney general and soliciter regarding an act to prevent fraud

The attorney general Thomas Trevir, and the Solicitor John Hawley, give their opinions as to whether an act for preventing frauds in the plantation trade should be applied to Scotchmen. Both men state that a Scotchman is a natural born subject of...

GLC03107.04837

Receipt of payment from Abraham van Horne for work on the ship Caladonia

GLC03107.04842

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...

GLC03107.04848

Book explaining the various functions of government

The book contains an alphabetical listing of various policies and functions of a civic government, and the rights and responsibilities of its officials. The book is in very poor condition, and is also incomplete.

GLC03107.04849

Manuscript [in Dutch]

GLC03107.04851

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

[in Dutch]

GLC03107.04857

Order of Chancery

The order relates events in a judicial procedure

GLC03107.04861

Declaration against open rebels of the government

The manuscript names Thomas Willett, Daniel Whitehead, Capt. Clapp, Elias Doughts, Charles Morgan, & others as the leaders of a "notorious rebellion" in Queens County, and states that they are guilty of treason against the government. It is expected...

GLC03107.04864

to Gerrit van Slichtenhorst re: reimbursement for expenses

John Pynchon writes to thank Gerrit van Slichtenhorst for reimbursing him for expenses incurred from apprehending "those villainous murderers." The letter seems to allude to damages from an attack by Indians.

GLC03107.04865

Account of Jacobus van Vorst [in Dutch]

GLC03107.04870