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1749/05/30
Livingston, John, 1714-1786
to Peter DeWitt re: shipment of clothing
John Livingston describes some clothing he has just sent to Peter DeWitt. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.04448
1749/07/29
Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790
to Peter DeWitt re: slave trade
Robert Livingston, Jr. describes the multiple deaths of enslaved people on a trading vessel, and expresses disappointment at the financial loss.
GLC03107.04449
1749/09/19
to Peter DeWitt re: trade
Robert, Jr. discusses the various goods he would like to trade, as well as the current market prices of these goods.
GLC03107.04450
1749/10/04
to Peter DeWitt re: orders for trade
John Livingston asks DeWitt to sell the remainder of his enslaved people, and also orders some cattle and pigs. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.04451
1739/10/07
Van Duesen, Henry, fl. 1749
to Peter DeWitt re: trade and settlement of accounts [fragment]
Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.04452
1749/10/26
GLC03107.04453
1749/12/20
Williams, John, fl. 1749-1759
to Peter DeWitt re: conveyance of rents
Williams writes to explain the rents he is sending to DeWitt.
GLC03107.04454
1750/02/25
Stevenson, James, fl. 1750-1755
to Peter DeWitt re: receipt of payments
Stevenson acknowledges receipt of some payments, and also orders a shipment of butter.
GLC03107.04455
1734/07
Livingston, Hendrick, fl. 1734
to Dirck Van Veghten re: trade
GLC03107.04456
1747/07/02
Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789
Account of Arnold M. Donald
Gilbert Livingston confirms labor performed by Arnold M. Donald.
GLC03107.04462
20 September 1783
Cook, David, fl. 1751-1823
to Henry Knox
Mentions that New York securities are not sellable in Massachusetts and discusses the state rate for its securities. States that the Massachusetts legislature is more agreeable to half-pay commutation than the Connecticut legislature.
GLC02437.02547
Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778
to Gilbert Livingston [(1718-1789)] re: instructions for a journey on a vessel
Gilbert Livingston is given instruction for how he is to conduct a trading voyage on the Sloop Batchelor.
GLC03107.04463
1807/12/22
Patterson, Robert L., fl. 1807-1808
to William [Patterson] re: clearing debts and business concerns
Robert asks his brother for some financial assistance, and also discusses his hopes for success in the cotton business. The letter is marked as a duplicate.
GLC03107.04468
1819/03/09
Mackenzie, R., fl. 1819
to Mssrs. La Farge & Patterson re: trading disagreement
GLC03107.04470
25 March 1802
Craigie, Andrew, 1744-1819
[Quit claim]
The letter is signed by Andrew Craigie and his wife, Elizabeth Craigie. Alice Pollard signed as a witness and Aaron Hill signed as a witness and Justice of Peace. Craigie vouches that he received $10 from Henry Knox and releases all rights and "quit...
GLC02437.07723
1790/12/22
Livingston, John, 1750-1822
Receipt of 4 fowls from Conrad Myers
GLC03107.04485
1810/11
Patterson, Walter, fl. 1810
to Mssrs. Andrew & John Sufern re: shipment of pig iron
Patterson states that Mssrs. Andrew and John Suffern will receive a shipment of pig iron from Henry Livingston, for which they should make prompt payment. Patterson wrote the letter on Henry Livingston's behalf.
GLC03107.04507
May 1796
Waldo, Samuel, 1764-?
[Petition for Falmouth lands in Maine]
Previous research suggests the document was written in May 1796; that date was added in pen on page one at a later time. A petition on behalf of several members of the Waldo and Winslow families for a portion of the Falmouth lands in Maine. A note...
GLC02437.06758
13 January 1799
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806
Winslow informs Knox that he is "suffering much injury from Pillagers upon your Lands in Falmouth." Winslow says that "the Secretary of the Treasury, has instituted an investigation of the Conduct of the Marshal of this District, in consequence of...
GLC02437.07223
13 February 1799
Winslow informs Knox, "I have pursued unremittingly the Steps requisite to promote your desire of speedily commanding monies for some of your Lots in Falmouth, as express'd in your last Lettr." Winslow explains whom he has been in contact with and...
GLC02437.07233
1 November 1790
Winslow acknowledges receiving Secretary of War Knox's letter written 14 October. Winslow mentions a "controversy between Mrs. Waldo and Us" believing that Knox "had a conviction either of the policy, or propriety of it." Winslow wishes to find...
GLC02437.04765
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