1713/11/12

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Instructions to Hugh Saills

The instructions are followed by a statement of agreement signed by Saills.

GLC03107.01033

1714/01/26

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: Creeks and kills of Coxhaghky [Coxsackie]

Contains the testimonies of two former residents of Coxhaghky [Coxsackie] regarding various creeks and kills that lie within that region.

GLC03107.01044

1717/04-1721/06

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Parts in the Journall for Goods sold in the Shop upon Trust . . .

. . . from April 1717 to June 1721." Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.01138

1704/07/12

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Petition to Sidney Lord Godolphin, High Treasurer of England

Livingston petitions the High Treasurer to reinstate his position as Secretary of Indian Affairs, and to order the payment of the arrears of his salary out of the surplus revenue of Albany. P.3 contains a letter from William Lowndes to the Earl of Ranelagh and Mr. Blathwait, Windsor Castle, 17 July 1704. Lowndes asks Ranelagh and Blathwait to review a report of the debts due on account of victualling the 4 companies at Albany. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.02079

1705/05/15

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Petition to Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State

Livingston requests a new commission for serving the offices of Secretary of Indian Affairs, Receiver of the Quit Rents, Town Clerk, Clerk of the Peace, and Clerk of the Common Pleas. He also asks for his salary as Secretary of Indian Affairs, which has not been paid since 8 March 1702.

GLC03107.02082

1709/05

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: "Account of the negotiations of K:V: Renselaer & Robert Livingston who . . .

. . . were sent Express to Albany by the President & Councill of N: York to dispatch spys to Canada"

GLC03107.02085

1709/06-08

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account of pork, bread, and Indian corn distributed to Indians and English men

GLC03107.02089

1726/02/23

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Palatines Debtors who Live in the Mannor"

GLC03107.01757

1726/03/10

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "List of Debts drawn out of my Leidger"

List of debtors on the Manor and other towns in the vicinity.

GLC03107.01759

1726/03/25

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Knight re: shipment of cornell

Livingston sent this letter with a shipment of cornell, and discusses the state of his account with Knight.

GLC03107.01762

1726/04/25

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "1 Ton flour to St: Bayard for Col Vetch"

GLC03107.01763

1726/09

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account of wheat

GLC03107.01785

1726/12/28

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: List of people in debt to Robert Livingston for cattle

Livingston lists the individuals who still owe him payment for cattle, and states that they will be sued if payment is not received.

GLC03107.01795

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

1728/05/28

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Consignment of land on the Manor of Livingston to Jacob Vosburgh

Document is in Dutch and English. P.2 two notes that approximately 90 acres of land on either side of Roeloff Johnson's Kill, including all houses, barns, and orchards, are now in the possession of Jacob Vosburgh.

GLC03107.01818

1686/07/20

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: Conditional release of a tract of land to King James II

During his term as Governor of the province of New York, Thomas Dongan purchased a tract of land called Saratoga from the Mohawk Indians, and then released it to a number of Dutch and English men, among them Robert Livingston, in the form of a land patent on 4 November 1684. In the document, Robert Livingston states that there is a creek in his territory where Indians come to fish, and he notes that it would make a convenient settlement for the Christian Indians of Canada, and would also open up the opportunity to trade with these Indians. Livingston therefore releases the tract of land to…

GLC03107.01828

1687/07/07

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Proposition to the Mohawk Sachems [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01994

1711/04/21

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: Authorization for Alida Livingston to manage the estate during Robert's absence

GLC03107.00874

1719/01/14

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Capt. Johannes Mingall [in Dutch]

Account of Capt. Mingall beginning 10 March 1712. P.2 contains a statement dated 14 January 1719, which appears to be a settlement of the account. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00887

1711/08/23

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "An account of the men & Transports which were lost and Castaway in . . .

. . . Canada River the 23 day of August 1711 in a Violent Storm."

GLC03107.00888

1711/09/20

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Petition to John Nanfan and the Honorable Council

Livingston requests that Nanfan and the Council examine his public accounts, which reveal the amount of debt Livingston has accrued in the public service. He then asks that Nanfan and the Council testify to the truth of his grievances, and facilitate the repayment of the money he is entitled to. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00890

1712/03/18 - 1714/03/01

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Posts on the Genl. Journall for goods sold out of the shop upon Trust . . .

from the 18 of march 1711/12 to the first of march 1713/14."

GLC03107.00901

1712/07/08

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: to all Constables and Officers of Albany and New York re: order to arrest 2 men

Livingston gives the names and descriptions of two men, John Symons and Sam Samson, who are guilty of stealing wheat and money from him. He orders that all officials watch for the two criminals so that they may be arrested and properly dealt with.

GLC03107.00929

1714/05/01

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Livingston re: Gert Schuyler's house

Robert writes that Gert Schuyler turned his house over to him, and asks if Philip would help him sell the place. He congratulates Philip on the birth of a son, and notes that he has not recieved his salary from the Governor. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02409

1714/10/29

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Livingston re: request for help procuring cattle

Robert writes that he desires 20 cattle for the Spring, and asks Philip if he will speak to a man from New England that has particularly good livestock. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02415