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9 November 1779
Hunter, Samuel (d. 1784)
to Joseph Reed
Outlines the best positions for troops to defend the area, reports on Indian attack and scalping, and fears another attack.
GLC02636
1769/04/14
Livingston, Peter Robert
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: sending a trading vessel to Quebec
Peter Robert informs his father that he is sending a trading vessel to Quebec, and believes that his debts will soon be secured. With a copy of Governor Aubry's letter to Peter Robert, 11 July 1769, New Orleans, in which Aubry states that he has not...
GLC03107.03195
1774/10/15
Stevenson, John
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: request for more stoves
Stevenson asks Robert, Jr. to send him some more stoves to make up for being over-charged on the last shipment. He also states that he has tried to procure some Indian deer skins, but has not had any luck thus far.
GLC03107.03314
1775/06/07
Duane, James (fl. 1763-1785)
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: outrage at Great Britain and support for war
"Our publick affairs are at length arrived at the most dangerous Extremity. The ministry with inflexible obstinacy persevere in that inhuman system of Despotism which was contrived to rob us of our Liberties; and because we cannot submit to so...
GLC03107.03331
1776/06/12
Livingston, Walter (1740-1797)
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: report of affairs in Canada
Walter writes that their Commanding Officer behaved most cowardly at the battle at Cead[us] and allowed all of his men to be taken prisoner, while others were massacred by Indians. He notes that he has had conlficting accounts of the war in Canada...
GLC03107.03346
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