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Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 Warrant to seize and distrain tenants' goods for unpaid rent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03716 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790 Place Written: Livingston Manor, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1783-1815 Pagination: 1p. + docket 32.8 x 20.6 cm Order a Copy

The warrant authorizes an unspecified individual to seize the goods of tenants who have fallen into debt with their rent, and to sell these goods up to the value of the unpaid rent.

The New Nation, 1783-1815
Landlord and Tenant
Finance
Debt
Law
The War for Independence

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