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1714/02/18

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: status of Robert Livingston's accounts

John writes of the difficulties he encountered in attempting to collect payment on his father's accounts. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01050

1714/03/03

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: settlement of Robert Livingston's accounts

Philip writes to inform his father of what accounts he has settled, and expresses his desire to visit the Manor, as he has heard that his mother is ill. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01052

1714/03/30

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Robert Livingston's accounts

Philip updates his father on what business he has attended, and any significant news. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01056

1717/01/16

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: family news

Philip writes of his mother's health, expresses sorrow at the loss of his father's dam and saw mill, and also sends the news that his wife has just given birth to a son. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01118

1717/02/18

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: distribution of accounts

Philip informs his father that he has sent certain people their accounts, and mentions that his wife and son have been ill, but appear to be recovering. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01122

1717/03/04

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: goods damaged when a ship ran ashore

Philip reports the sorry news of some goods that were damaged on a ship that ran ashore on its way to London, and also reports that a ship from Boston sank, drowning some men that they knew. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01125

1717/03/11

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: business accounts

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01126

1717/03/27

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: animal skins to be shipped abroad

Philip asks his father to send some skins to Phillip Schuyler so that they may be put on a ship going to Bristol. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01131

1717/04/10

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: business accounts

Philip explains how he intends to settle some accounts. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01133

1717/04/22

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: vote for his father

Philip writes that he voted for his father and hopes that he gets what he wishes from the assembly. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01135

1717/04/25

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: political opposition to Robert Livingston

Philip states that the constables and freeholders of Livingston's manor gave their vote to Robert Livingston, but warns that some representatives aim to keep him out of the House. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01137

1717/05/03

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: request for an enslaved woman

One letter addressed to Robert Livingston from Philip Livingston dated May 3, 1717. Relays that ships from Africa carry enslaved people will be arriving. Requests his father to purchase an enslaved woman.

GLC03107.01139

1717/05/09

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Robert Livingston's position in the House

Philip hopes that his father still has many friends in the House so that his business may proceed. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01141

1717/05/20

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Robert Livingston's success in the assembly

Philip congratulates his father for his new position in the assembly, which will allow him to collect the money due to him. He also gives a favorable opinion of his father's Act to join the Manor of Livingston to the County of Albany, and offers to buy the excise of the County if it is up for bidding. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01143

1717/06/04

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: sale of the Island at Canastagione

Philip discusses selling the island of Canastagione, and trading operations with Indians. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01145

1717/06/20

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: family news

Philip writes that his wife and children may pay Robert and Alida a visit, and rejoices at his sister's rejection of an ill-fitted suitor.

GLC03107.01149

1717/07/08

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: thanks for goods

Philip sends thanks for goods his father sent, discusses business accounts, and congratulates his father on a good crop of hay. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01154

1717/07/26

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: request for skins and pelts

Philip asks for skins and pelts, forwards a trunk left at Cousin Livingston's, and expresses fear that Indians are about to attack. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01161

1717/08/25

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: business and political affairs

Philip asks his father for a discounted price on some beaver furs, and notes that he inquired about a matter involving the Commission of Peace as his father requested. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01181

1725/12/02

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: birth of a daughter

Philip shares his joy over the birth of a daughter named Sarah. On the 3 December 1725, Philip attached another note in response to a letter he just received from Robert.

GLC03107.01743

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

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