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1705/03/16
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
to Sidney Godolphin re: request for payment
Petition for nine years salary as Secretary for Indian Affairs, as having been reinstated by Queen Anne.
GLC03107.00739
1709
Vetch, Samuel, 1668-1732
"Instructions to be given to the two Indians to be sent . . .
. . . to Montreal, and Quibeck." Document leaves instructions to take careful note of troops and fortifications in Canada. The document is also signed by Col. Fr. Nicholson.
GLC03107.00807
18 August 1714
Livingston, Robert, 1708-1790
[Map of Livingston estate along the Susquehanna River][in Dutch]
One map depicting the Livingston estate along the Susquehanna River. Depicts borders with Iroquois land. Most likely a section of Livingston's Manor, as Roeloff Jansen's Kill runs through the middle of it. Docket reads: Jurian Deckers Folly.
GLC03107.01088
1714/11/27
Sydenham, George, fl. 1696
to Robert Livingston re: request for provisions
Sydenham asks Livingston to grind some corn that he has sent over with his enslaved person, and also to send the enslaved person back with some provisions.
GLC03107.01089
1715/02/02
"Leendert Conyn & Kiliaen Winne's oath about the Examination. . .
. . .of Joh: Dykemans negro." Both of the oaths attest to the statement made by an enslaved person of Dykeman's that he did not help another enslaved person named Tom commit murder against his master. The statements are signed by Robert Livingston...
GLC03107.01103
1717/02/09
Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789
to Robert Livingston re: request for an Indian servant
Gilbert mentions that he would be very pleased if his father purchased him a particular Indian servant, who he has found to be extremely helpful. He sends his regrets at the destruction of his father's saw mill, and discusses plans for selling...
GLC03107.01123
1717/06/04
Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749
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
1717/07/26
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
1718/08/20
to Robert Livingston re: assistance loading a ship to London
Pages 3 and 4 contain a letter addressed to "Brother Corlaer" & "Quieder" regarding the 5 Nations and preparations to be made in the event of an attack. Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.01235
1697/05/03
Census of inhabitants of Albany
Complying with orders from Governor Benjamin Fletcher, Livingston compiled a census of "Christians and Indians" at Albany, comparing the numbers of 1689 with 1697 to account for the number killed or carried away since the beginning of the war.
GLC03107.00369
13 August 1698
Account of money disbursed to soldiers by Richard Earl of Bellmont
P.1 lists the different sums of money paid to individual soldiers at Albany. P.2 contains a memorandum of 15 August 1698 noting the delivery of rum to the Indians of the five nations.
GLC03107.00441
1699/10/09
Livingston, William, fl. 1793
to Robert Livingston re: news of William's family
Andrew Livingston, oldest son of William, joined an Indian Company and was captured. William describes his understanding of this event, and requests that Livingston do all within his power to regain the freedom of his nephew. Andrew's brother James...
GLC03107.00514
November 7, 1699
to Robert Livingston re: news of William's sons
William writes reiterating his request for Robert to discover any news of the captivity of Andrew Livingston, and his belief that James Livingston might possibly be dead. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.00516
May 4, 1757
Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778
[Witnessing 200 pound bond for manumission of slave]
Legal document for the posting of a bond for the manumission of the slave Ann. Signed as witnesses by the Aldermen and Justices of the Peace for the City and County of New York: John Cruger, Simon Johnson, Francis Gilpin, Philip Livingston (the...
GLC03943
1641-1862
Collection of important printed treaties [decimalized]
GLC03985
1686
Great Britain. Treaties.
Treaty of Peace...between...James II...and...Lewis XIV...
Small quarto. Printed by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb. Stab-stitched. Concluded on the 21-31 day of July. The Treaty of Whitehall settled conflicts between Britain and France in America, including fishing rights, fur and Indian trade, and...
GLC03985.04
1713
The Assiento...for allowing to...Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes
Printed by John Baskett. Missing 1/3 permission leaf. The Assiento Treaty between England and Spain. Spain granted England an official monopoly to supply enslaved people from Africa to the Spanish New World. Signed on 25 March 1713.
GLC03985.05
Treaty of peace...between...Princess Anne...and...Lewis XIV
Printed by John Baskett. First British edition. Printed in English, Spanish, and Latin. Treaty of Utrecht between France and England. France returned Hudson's Bay to the British. It also gave up Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and St. Kitts and...
GLC03985.06
24 March 1641
Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655
to John Winthrop
Member of the Court of Assistants Winslow writes to Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Winthrop about a dispute over the area now known as Seekonk. Discusses Samuel Gorton, who was preaching to the Native Americans under the protection...
GLC04000
1744
Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778
A Journal of the proceedings in the detection of the conspiracy [New York slaves]
Full title: "A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy formed by some White People in conjunction with Negro and other Slaves, for burning the City of New-York in America, and murdering the Inhabitants." Published in New York...
GLC04205.01
3 December 1734
Peyster, Johannes Jr. de, 1694-1789
[Deposition by Johannes DePeyster regarding a Six Nations land deed]
DePeyster, a former mayor of Albany, gives the history the Indian deed to a property called Tiondrogue, possibly present day Ticonderoga. Describes an incident on 12 September 1733 in which colonial Governor William Cosby told DePeyster the deed was...
GLC04291
1756
Several conferences between... the Quakers...and.. the six Indian nations
GLC04098
1757
B. Franklin and D. Hall (Firm)
Minutes of conferences, held with the Indians, at Harris's Ferry...
Printed by Franklin and Hall. Treaty negotations were held March - May, 1757.
GLC04100
1689/09/23
Pynchon, John, 1626-1703
Propositions made to the 5 Nations
Copy of GLC03107.02024, and contains the answer given by the 5 Nations. In their answer, the 5 Nations recognize their friendship with the English, and promise to pursue the French and Eastern Indians as enemies. Docket notes the document as...
GLC03107.02024
1690/02/09
List of gifts and provisions exchanged with Indians [in Dutch]
Docketed on recto.
GLC03107.02025
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