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1702/01/07
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Promissory Note re: Sampson S. Broughton
Livingston promised to pay Broughton the sum of £3. On 19 October 1705 Broughton acknowledged receipt of the full amount owed to him by Livingston.
GLC03107.00667
1702/07/24
Vanden Heyden, Dirke, fl. 1696-1702
Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]
Record of transactions beginning in 1701 and continuing into 1702.
GLC03107.00668
1702/02/20
Lawrence, William, fl. 1702
Findings of Colonial Commission detailed to investigate Livingston's affairs
The commission of William Lawrence, William Smith, and Sampson S. Broughton, as appointed by Governor of New York Edward Viscount Cornbury, have found that Livingston's allegations of malfeasance were true and that he was treated vindictively and...
GLC03107.00669
1702/01/31
Broadhurst, Jonathan, fl. 1698-1702
Account of Robert Livingston
Broadhurst acknowledges receipt of money from Robert Livingston for his son John.
GLC03107.00670
1702/02/02
Cosens, B., fl. 1699-1702
Restoration of Livingston's Estate
Orders from the Colonial Governor and Council of New York restoring Robert Livingston "to the quiet and Peaceable possession of his Estate reall and Personall." Docketed on verso. Written at Fort William Henry.
GLC03107.00671
1702
Lansing, Hendrick, fl. 1700-1702
GLC03107.00672
1726/05/14
Account of Samuel Vetch
Livingston's account with Vetch, beginning 7 March 1702, amounted to £820 due to Robert Livingston. All forms of transactions are tabulated, from purchases of "limons" and "muslin" to the giving of pocket money to Mrs. Margaret Vetch.
GLC03107.00673
1702/04/21
Clarkson, fl. 1702-1765
Writt re: auditing Livingston's lands and properties
A Writt authorizing the tabulation of the "true value of the Lands and Tenements Goods and Chattells of Robt Livingston Esqr," ordered by King William III.
GLC03107.00674
1702/05/27
Orders re: naming all officers and soldiers of Fort William Henry as freemen
Due to regulations preventing all but free men from carrying on as tradesmen in the colonies, many soldiers and officers of his Majesty's Armies had deserted their posts due to want of food and clothing. In an effort to convey gratitude and maintain...
GLC03107.00675
1702/06/08
Petition to Viscount Cornbury re: Livingston's fiscal investigation
Petition from Robert Livingston to new Colonial Governor Viscount Cornbury, in which Livingston details the pains he had to endure in his "persecution" over public funds. P.4 contains a note in response to Livingston's petition, dated 10 June 1702 by...
GLC03107.00676
1702/06/30
to Viscount Cornbury re: delays in accounting for monies received
Livingston writes apologizing for delays in the complete accounting of funds received since 25 March 1696, claiming that the records were delivered to Stephen van Cortlandt, who died in 1701. Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.00677
1703/01/26
Account sheet re: fees required as Court Clerk
Bill for £16 1 shilling 4 pence following the trial of "4 negroes for murder." Fees were included for such items as "Suppoena for [11 witnesses]" "Swearing the above 11 witnesses before the grand Jury" "Swearing an officer to keep the Jury" and...
GLC03107.00678
1702/09
"Account of what Rt. Livingston owes by Bond with interest & without"
A list of eight individuals to whom Livingston owes bonds with interest, totalling £1225 15 shillings 5 pence. In addition, he also owes £619 16 shillings 2 pence in bonds without interest, for a total of £1845 11 shillings 7 pence in monies owed.
GLC03107.00679
1702/09/12
to Viscount Cornbury re: discussion of Livingston's undertaking victualling
Livingston writes in an effort to inform of the reasons for his undertaking the position of victualler to the forces at Albany (due to fear of a reduction of forces should a victualler not be found), and his subsequent difficulties in receiving...
GLC03107.00680
1702/09/30
Commision on Customs
Commissioners of Customs report re: Robert Livingston's finances
The report of the Commissioners of the Customs, (Wenham and [Panconniere]), detailed by Viscount Cornbury to examine and report on Livingston's accounts for the Excise and Quit Rents of Albany, in which it was determined that all accounts were up to...
GLC03107.00681
1707/11/28
Accounts re: estate of late Gabrise Minvielle
Expenses regarding the estate of Gabrise Minvielle, including "Tobacco Pipes" "Examining the Copy of the Will & the Copy of the Probate" and "finishing the Inventory [of the Estate]," and also two notes of debt to Messrs. Barbary and Hardenbrouck....
GLC03107.00682
1703/05/27
Account sheet concerning the estate of Gabrise Minvielle beginning November 1702.
GLC03107.00683
1703
Cortland, Phillip, fl. 1698-1726
"Sister Cortlandt's Reckoning" re: Bellomont's debts to Livingston [in Dutch]
Record of financial transactions from 2 November 1702 to 7 May 1703. Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.00684
1702/11/12
Council meeting re: auditing Livingston's accounts
The Committee of Customs named Caleb Heathcote, Thomas Wenham and Peter Fauconnier to the committee in charge of auditing Livingston's accounts.
GLC03107.00685
1702/11
Accounts re: estate of Gabrise Minvielle [in Dutch]
An account of items purchased by Minvielle of Livingston from 18 to 25 November 1702.
GLC03107.00686
1703/03/06
An account of items Minvielle purchased from Livingston from 18-25 November 1702.
GLC03107.00687
1702/11/21
Cossens, Barne, fl. 1702
Deposition of Barne Cosens re: Livingston's warrants for salary
Cosens avows that Robert Livingston produced "warrants for his sallary as Comisary for the victualling of the forces at Albany from the first day of May 1698 to the first day of May 1699."
GLC03107.00688
re: Petition to King and House of Commons
The "freeholders and farmers of the City and County of Albany," due to their displeasure at the manner in which they are treated by the Provincial Government, have created a petition to be signed by themselves as well as those of neighboring counties...
GLC03107.00689
1704/04/19
Hogan, William, fl. 1704
Record of Livingston's account with Hogan from 14 December 1702 to 14 April 1704.
GLC03107.00690
Pender, Eales, fl. 1702
Prescribed remedy for an ailment
Dr. Pender's cure consists of "anniseeds, sweel fennel seeds, dill seed. . . root of white saxifrage," along with "crabs Eyes, the seeds of wild briar hens & jaw bone of a pike." This mixture is to be ingested the day before and after the new and...
GLC03107.00691
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