I must therefore Intreat your Honour to use your best Endeavours with the Government of the Massachusets Bay to gitt these men Set a Liberty k sent home ; and that a Line of peace may be speadily settled that we may once more live in peace & good Neighbourhood, on our Borders and I shall take care that my people remains Quiet, as long as my unruly Tenants who I

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turned out of my mannor Stay away, and the people of Sheffield leave me at rest ; I remain very Respectfully May it Please Your Honour

Your Honours most Obediant & most Hum^i« Ser* RoB^ Livingston Jun'.

ROB'T VANDUSEN TO ROB^ LIVINGSTON.

Ancram Oct. the 39th 1755

IIoNouKED Sir

Tliis Eauening there Caime Eleauen or twelve Strang Men from New England and haue Dispossed my son Jolionas and turnd him and family out dores and Euery tiling that lie hass they took and put them out side of the fence and will not alow them to be put in again and tliey say they will kill one of the Creaters to nu^rrow morning lor Damage or traspass these men I nor my sons Do not know one of them So Sir no better News from Your most Humble Seruant.

Rob' Vendusen.

PETER LIVINGSTON TO illS FATHER.

Manor Livingston 31th October 1755.

Hon Sir

Yester-day I went with I^I"" Decker our overseer according to your Order to Tackkaneck to the House of John Van Deusen & their I found him turned out of his house with all his family and Benjamin Franckland & his Son with 6 men more in it, when I came to the door with Decker & Robert Van Deusen old Frankland ordered the men to kock their Guns, I told them that I was not come to fight with them but to talk with them, & ask tliem By uiiat order or Autliority they turned the Man out of his house they say'd by orders of the Court of Boston, & that they would not go out of tlie house till they where forced out by the Barrels of Musquets or till Governoiir Shirley sends an order for