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1700

Schuyler, Myndert, 1672-1755

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Account of Livingston's debts and credits from 23 April 1700 to 21 December 1700.

GLC03107.00564

1700

Livingston, Millie, fl. 1700

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: the deaths of Robert's two brothers

Millie Livingston (Robert's Sister) writes to pass on the news of the deaths of James and William Livingston. She also writes to quell Robert's anxieties about the living conditions for young Robert, who with the death of his uncles would stay with Millie. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00583

ca. 1700

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Petition to Sidney Godolphin re: reimbursement for victualling

Livingston petitions the Lord High Treasurer to receive "satisfaction" in return for victualling the four companies garrisoned at Albany, claiming to have victualled those four companies from 24 December 1699 to 24 April 1700 without having received any compensation for his expenditures.

GLC03107.00590

1706

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Invoice of goods on the Unity

Invoice of goods shipped by Robert Livingston on board the Unity bound for New York. Most of the invoice consists of different types of cloth and textiles, including cotten, linen, and wool.

GLC03107.00789

1709

Livingston, John

Manuscript document

Title: Account sheet

Account between John Livingston and Margaret Vetch. Verso contains mathematical calculations. Docket [from an unrelated document] on recto.

GLC03107.00808

October 30, 1695

Spiros, Samuel, fl. 1695

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Account of Livingston's purchases of sundry goods, including canvas and duffells.

GLC03107.00305

1695

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document signed

Title: Decision of Arbitrators in case of Livingston v. Harwood

The arbitrators found in favor of Livingston, thus cancelling the bond and removing all claims on Robert Livingston,

GLC03107.00310

November 18, 1695

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Memorandum of Robert Livingston's Case with Harwood"

Livingston's contention that he was owed a large sum of money by Harwood from the settlement of Livingston v. Thomas Dongan.

GLC03107.00311

November 18, 1695

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Memorandum of R. Livingston's Case with J. Harw'd & R.M."

Copy of item # 3107.01.00311, annotated with Livingston's handwritten notes.

GLC03107.00312

November 1695

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Robert Livingston's Case with Jacob Harwood"

Livingston recalls his past dealings with the Harwood family of merchants (Jacob, and before his father John) from 1685 to 1689, and reiterates his desire for repayment of £2172.

GLC03107.00313

November 21, 1695

Blathwaite, William, fl. 1695

Manuscript document signed

Title: Verdict upon Livingston's Petition

Pages 1-2 are a copy of item #3107.01.00314. Pages 3-4 are a copy of Livingston's Petition to the Committee of Trade and Plantations. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00315

November 1695

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: "Memorandum of Robt Livingston's Case with Jacob Harwood"

An account of Livingston's transactions with Harwood, from 1687 to 1691. Part of it is copied from GLC3107.01.00313.

GLC03107.00316

1695

Manuscript document

Title: Receipt of Customs Paid at Lisbon [in Portuguese]

GLC03107.00322

September 17, 1696

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Account of the Excise at Albany

Covers the period of 25 March 1696 to 17 September 1696. Records excises, the rum and wine expended in households, and Livingston's debts and credits as tax collector.

GLC03107.00335

1696

Van Renselaer, Hendryck, fl. 1696

Manuscript document signed

Title: Legal bond

Hendryck van Renselaer signed this legal bond from Philip French.

GLC03107.00338

November 29, 1696

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Mortgage of Col. Dongan

Record of the mortgage of £2172 that Col. Dongan took out from Livingston. Also involves Jacob Harwood and Richard Meriwether.

GLC03107.00349

December 8, 1696

Harmesen, Naning, fl. 1696

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account sheet [in Dutch]

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00350

April 26, 1697

New York (N.Y.). Alderman

Manuscript document signed

Title: "The handlers oaths on Robert Livingston's behalf" [in Dutch]

GLC03107.00355

January 23, 1699

Jacobse, Haerpert, fl. 1695-1699

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]

Account of transactions from 22 June 1694 to 4 November 1698. Date on docket is 23 January 1699.

GLC03107.00374

03 September 1701

Livingston, John

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: business ventures

John writes with news of his arrival to New London, where he finds himself busy trying to transport "dearre and appells" from Hartford for the Sloop he and his brother-in-law Vetch had purchased. The ship, which had been "Creaned and Tealeered," is still a few details short of being finished. He also hopes that questions are done regarding "our wines" (the wine he was illegally importing from French Canada). Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00630

September 4, 1701

Sydenham, George, fl. 1696

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Livingston re: apology for inability to forward a letter

Sydenham explains the attempt he made at sending a letter, at midnight by the hand of a "french boy," to his cousin Livingston, and apologizes for its non-arrival.

GLC03107.00634