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1687/11-1688/04
Harwood, Jacob, fl. 1686-1695
Account of Robert Livingston
An account of the debts accrued in shipping beaver, otter, and bear pelts from New York to London in November 1687 and April 1688. Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.00150
1687/11/10-1694/09/05
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Merchandise for account of Jacob Harwood of London
Account sheets itemize transactions between Livingston in Albany and Harwood in London, including fees such as shipping and customs duties. Calculates Livingston's debt to Harwood from 10 November 1687 to 5 September 1694.
GLC03107.00151
1687/12/27
Cochrane, Hugh, fl. 1687
to Robert Livingston re: offers of friendship and service as a trapper
Cochrane, a French trapper from Canada, uses his knowledge of a Mr. Gregoire to gain contact with Livingston. Fragment of docket on address leaf.
GLC03107.00152
1688/03/24
Van Cortlandt, Stephen, 1643-1700
re: Robert Livingston's taxes paid for 1686 and 1687
Stephen Van Cortlandt and James Grahame, managers of "his Majty's Reveune," certify by this document that Robert Livingston had paid his excise of the years 1686 and 1687. P.2 contains a distinct note containing monetary calculations.
GLC03107.00153
1688/04/16
Invoice of goods shipped by Harwood in London to Livingston in Albany. Signed in document. Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.00154
1688/07/11
to Robert Livingston re: invoicing of goods
Harwood sends Livingston an updated total for his account to accompany the invoices already sent. Also, Harwood turns down the prospect of selling "Steele & Iron, & Cuttlasses" and further requests that any personal purchases be invoiced separately...
GLC03107.00155
1688/05/24
Lockhart, George, fl. 1688
Receipt for the personal belongings of eighteen men, which were sold to Livingston. Items include horses, carbines, calico stockings, and hats. P.3 contains a statement signed by 19 men ordering that Livingston pay the balance of his account with...
GLC03107.00156
1688/08/11-1692/03/11
Account of the Excise of Albany
Account sheet of excise money collected by Robert Livingston from 11 August 1688 to 11 March 1692.
GLC03107.00157
1688/12/06
Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724
Minutes of Albany Council meeting
Livingston had applied to the Town Council of Albany for an increase in salary from £15 to £20, because the county of Albany, which had previously allotted Livingston £5, had discontinued this practice. However, the Council denied the request...
GLC03107.00158
1688
Corn disbursement list for troops at Schenectady [in Dutch]
GLC03107.00159
1689/10/19
Rhyme [in Dutch] re: Leysler
Possibly discusses Leisler's Rebellion.
GLC03107.00160
1689/01/16
Pynchon, John, 1626-1703
to Robert Livingston
Pynchon sends news of New England Governor [Edmund Andros's ] excursion to find Indians in Maine, Governor's non-return, leading to fears of his demise. Rumors are passed along about an invasionary fleet sailing from Holland to England carrying the...
GLC03107.00161
January 20, 1690
Schuyler, Pieter, 1657-1724
to Henry Sloughter
Written to the newly selected Governor of New York, Henry Sloughter, who is still in transit from England. Schuyler has written this letter in an effort to make himself, his associates, and their allegiances known to the new governor, describes the...
GLC03107.00162
1689/08/08
Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715
to Constables of Albany re: warrant to transport effects of Tounis Williams
Dongan orders Jacob Sanders, Robert Sanders, and Albert Ryckman as Constables of Albany, to transport the personal efefcts of Tounis Williams to Robert Livingston to be held until the proper heir appears.
GLC03107.00163
1689/12/01
Gilbert, John, fl. 1689
Account of John Gilbert re: debt to Livingston
Gilbert acknowledges his debt to Livingston and promises to pay it.
GLC03107.00164
1689/12/28
Leisler, Jacob, fl. 1689-1700
Commission for a Justice of the Peace [copy]
Leisler appoints Roger Jacobson to the position of Jusice of the Peace. Certified as a true copy by Robert Livingston. Written at Fort William Henry.
GLC03107.00165
1690/03/03
Will and Testament of Robert Livingston
Livingston's son John is named as the heir to Livingston Manor. The lands are divided amongst John, Philip, Robert, and Gilbert, while the houses in the town of Albany are divided amongst Margret and Johanna . His wife was to receive land as well...
GLC03107.00166
1690/04/20
Bond [in Dutch]
GLC03107.00167
1690/05/02
Mitchell, Johan, fl. 1690
"Apprizement of Thomas Cravens Creatures"
Appraisement of various animals, including horses, bulls, bucks, lambs, rams, and hogs.
GLC03107.00168
1690/05/24
An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians
An account of twenty-two cows, sixteen bulls, and forty sheep brought from Tashkanik to Hartford by tenants fearing Indians. Livingston lists the tenants to whom the livestock are divided, and how the animals are branded. P.2 contains a note...
GLC03107.00169
Copy of item GLC03107.01.00169. Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.00170
1690/06/05
Account sheet itemizing all goods shipped from London by Harwood to Livingston in Albany.
GLC03107.00171
1690/06/07
to Governor Bradstreet re: French and Indian encounters on the frontiers
Livingston writes of his regrets for the capture of the settlement at Cascoe Bay by the French and their Indian allies, and his belief of a need to "Subdue Canada." He then mentions writing to the Government at Albany in an effort to discover the...
GLC03107.00172
1690/06/21
Ander, John, fl. 1690
to "Honest Robin" (Robert Livingston) re: news of New York
Ander, the captain of a ship, writes with news of the safety of Livingston's family in New York. He sadly forwards news of the illness of Livingston's daughter Hanah. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.00173
1690/07/09
Davis, fl. 1690
to Robert Livingston re: declining chance to join party traveling to Albany
Captain Davis writes that he must go to his family and attend to their illness. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.00174
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