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1717/04/10
Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749
to Robert Livingston re: business accounts
Philip explains how he intends to settle some accounts. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01133
1717/04/22
Vetch, Margaret, 1681-1758
to Robert Livingston re: awaiting news from London
Margaret anxiously awaits news of her husband from London, and expresses regret at the news that her brother John has lost all use of his limbs. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01134
to Robert Livingston re: vote for his father
Philip writes that he voted for his father and hopes that he gets what he wishes from the assembly. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01135
Wessels, Dirck, fl. 1713-1717
to Robert Livingston re: [in Dutch]
Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01136
1717/04/25
to Robert Livingston re: political opposition to Robert Livingston
Philip states that the constables and freeholders of Livingston's manor gave their vote to Robert Livingston, but warns that some representatives aim to keep him out of the House. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01137
1717/04-1721/06
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
"Parts in the Journall for Goods sold in the Shop upon Trust . . .
. . . from April 1717 to June 1721." Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.01138
1717/05/03
to Robert Livingston re: request for an enslaved woman
One letter addressed to Robert Livingston from Philip Livingston dated May 3, 1717. Relays that ships from Africa carry enslaved people will be arriving. Requests his father to purchase an enslaved woman.
GLC03107.01139
1717/05/08
Salisbury, Fr., fl. 1713-1725
GLC03107.01140
1717/05/09
to Robert Livingston re: Robert Livingston's position in the House
Philip hopes that his father still has many friends in the House so that his business may proceed. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01141
1717/05/18
GLC03107.01142
1717/05/20
to Robert Livingston re: Robert Livingston's success in the assembly
Philip congratulates his father for his new position in the assembly, which will allow him to collect the money due to him. He also gives a favorable opinion of his father's Act to join the Manor of Livingston to the County of Albany, and offers to...
GLC03107.01143
1717/05/29
Livingston, John
to Robert Livingston re: business and family
John writes of his business and family, and a new house he built near his mills. He also requests that his father write to his mother in law, Sarah Knight. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01144
1717/06/04
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
1717/06/25
Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775
to Robert Livingston re: Mr. Renselaer's land patent
Robert discusses the state of a land patent, his father's debts, and notes that he needs to find some business for himself, as he can no longer live off of his father's income. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01146
1717/06/26
to Robert Livingston re: business prospects
John looks forward to returning home to see his parents, and hopes that he may work something out with Great Britain and receive his money and a position. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01147
Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789
to Robert Livingston re: order for goods and provisions
Gilbert writes of the flour he has sold, and sends a list of goods that must be sent. Docket and AN on address leaf.
GLC03107.01148
1717/06/20
to Robert Livingston re: family news
Philip writes that his wife and children may pay Robert and Alida a visit, and rejoices at his sister's rejection of an ill-fitted suitor.
GLC03107.01149
1717/10/28
Russell, Abraham, fl. 1718
Account of Robert Livingston
Page 1 is a record of Livingston's debt. Page two contains a statement written and signed by Russell that he received payment of the account from Gilbert Livingston. Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.01150
1717/07/03
to Robert Livingston re: errors with Mr. Renselaer's land patent
GLC03107.01151
Beekman, Henry, fl. 1696-1717
to Robert Livingston re: plea for consent to marry Livingston's daughter
Beekman writes in distress and begs Livingston to allow him to fulfill his engagement to Livingston's daughter. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01152
1717/07/05
Jamison, David, fl. 1619-1717
to Robert Livingston re: news of Samuel Vetch
Jamison writes that Vetch may receive his commission, and that Livingston's cousin Douglas desires that Livingston promptly pay his debt to him.
GLC03107.01153
1717/07/08
to Robert Livingston re: thanks for goods
Philip sends thanks for goods his father sent, discusses business accounts, and congratulates his father on a good crop of hay. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01154
1717/07/12
Knight, Sarah, fl. 1713-1717
to Robert Livingston re: order for flour
Sarah expresses her hope that Robert and Alida Livingston write to her, and asks Robert to send her flour if there is a sloop bound for New London. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01155
1717/07/16
to Robert Livingston re: plans to travel to Great Britain
John announces an upcoming voyage to Great Britain, and asks his father to send up some flour and bread, as such things are scare and expensive where he lives.
GLC03107.01156
1717
"Proposal of ways & means to raise 12000 [pounds] to pay the Debts of the . . .
. . . Government." List of various ways to raise money, including printing more money, and raising and creating taxes.
GLC03107.01157
1717/07/31
to Robert Livingston re: end of the invasion of the Swedes
Gilbert writes that the King has disbanded troops and that the invasion of the Swedes is over. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01158
1717/07/30
to Robert Livingston re: borders between land patents
Robert states that he has found means to support himself, and also explains the new borders between Livingston's and Renselaer's land patents. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01159
1717/07/28
Livingston, William, fl. 1793
to Robert Livingston re: a forgotten trunk
William sends Robert a trunk that was left at his house.
GLC03107.01160
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
1717/07/18
Levy, Moses, ?-1792
to Robert Livingston re: order for payment
GLC03107.01162
to Robert Livingston re: Henry Beekman's proposal to Jo[h]anna Livingston
Robert states that Beekman's actions did not surprise him, as the Livingston family's reception of him nearly implied consent. Robert also remarks with disbelief that his sister could feel affection for such a disfigured individual. Robert also...
GLC03107.01163
[1717/01]
Livingston, Alida Schuyler, 1656-1727
GLC03107.01164
1717/04/15
GLC03107.01165
[1717/04]
to Robert Livingston re: Salisbury's wheat [in Dutch]
Docketed on recto.
GLC03107.01166
GLC03107.01167
GLC03107.01168
AN on verso of letter.
GLC03107.01169
1717/05/04
GLC03107.01170
1717/05/05
Docketed on 2nd address leaf.
GLC03107.01171
GLC03107.01172
1717/05/21
GLC03107.01173
1717/05/22
GLC03107.01174
1717/06/08
GLC03107.01175
Account of Robert Livingston of Clermont
GLC03107.01176
August 8, 1717
Di Wurmt, V. E., fl. 1717
"Albert van Loon's Brief" [in Dutch]
Also signed by Albert van Loon. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01177
1717/08/14
Van Loon, Albert, fl. 1714-1725
Account of Robert Livingston [in Dutch]
GLC03107.01178
1717/08/16
to Robert Livingston re: political foment in England
GLC03107.01179
1717/08/21
Hager, John F., fl. 1717
to Robert Livingston re: plans for the construction of a church
Hager desires Livingston's opinion on the matter of constructing a church. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01180
1717/08/25
to Robert Livingston re: business and political affairs
Philip asks his father for a discounted price on some beaver furs, and notes that he inquired about a matter involving the Commission of Peace as his father requested. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01181
1717/09/09
to Robert Livingston re: settling in a new house
John writes that he will be settling in a new house near his mills soon, and discusses his father's accounts and situation with the palatines. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01182
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