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(3) The Coopers inliabiting the west side being called in, they were told what directions were given to the Coopers on this side and that they should have the same Incouragment ^\'^^ was that if we could not agree for the barrels after they were made, y* Indifferent persons should deside what they were to have, or be discounted for their work, having a due regard to the …

(2) It is thought fit by the Commiss'"^ y' M"- Sacket do draw out an acct of the Tarr that is abeady made, and how many kills are ready to be sett fire to, and what quantity of knots are gott together that his Ex^J" may be informed, Avhat has been done, since the Trees have been barked, and in regard the grass is very high and difficult to find the knotts itt is thouglit fitt …

Doe pray that the Gentlemen would be pleased to recommend their Case to his Excell'^J". Tliat they may have the usual Salary and their arrears, which would be a great help to them in their poor circumstances, by which tliey would be Incouraged to proceed with all Alacrity Imaginable in the Execution of ye Commisr^ orders. (-1) The Commis^s desii-eM^ Livingston who is going to …

And I think on a partial view, that the people may be allowed to take, at the next distribution, either for the past or future, on condition that the entire supply be given them, supposing that they will not get as much as they have hitherto claimed Therefore I shall be no more uneasy at seeing myself short of one item. But whatever little I may receive, I only hope that the …

The one and the other act with fervor, but the number of well affected to the public good exceeds that of interested persons. Mr Sacket is now busy constructing a Bridge for the conveyance of the Tar to the River side. Those belonging to the interested party wish to dissuade him from it, but as he is aware of the evil design of these Reformers, he pays no attention to them …

For how can things be pushed ahead by a Board that does not act in concert, especially when having to deal with so perverse a people ; when every tiling tliat the one proposes is suspected of partiahty ; when meetings are avoided as much as possible so as not to be obliged to take part in the aftairs to be discussed there -- when the President of the court who, in view of the …

But since the reconstruction of our Board, I have found that his design has ever been to obtain the management of all the suppUes for the People, and had I not had the foresight to demand a declaration from the general commission he would have seized it altogetlier and had made Mr Meyer his clerk whom he would have got to do what lie could not get me to do -- that is …

16 JULY 1711. Jno Peter Kneskern Capt. Jno Geo: Schmidt David Huppert Cond Goldman Conrad Schawerman Geo Bender Henrick Sex Jno. Hen. Uhl 5. Fredi-ick BeU 18. Tho. Schumacher 6. Jacob Kobell Peter Schmidt 7. Jacob Warno Johan Schwall 8. Johannes Schulteis Geo. Lud. Koch 9. Reinhard Schafifer 23. Veil Musig 10. Johannes Roschman 23. Gro. Kerchmer Carl Ulil 24. Christ. HiUs …

I hope this Avill find you safe at Boston and ready to Imbark I wish you a safe Voyage and all Success in yo^" affaires in England. I liave lately Rece<^ a Letter from M'' Du Cast one of y*^ Commissaries of ye Palatines. His words are these. Monsi" Livingston s'est servi du desaprouvement du General et I'a prie d'en vouloir faire son rapport en Angleterre Mais Je Crois Le …

acquaint me with wliat M*' Livingston has thought fitt to represent ; I know him to be y^ most selfish man alive but I cold never have believed that a man wlio lay under so manyobligations to me as he does would take it into his head to make any Representations to my prejudice without acquainting me at least, neither can I be persuaded that after y^ manner wee have Liv'd …

humble serv* General Nicholson. Ro: Hunter. Mannor Livingston 24th Xher 1711. Accompt of the Subsistence of the Palatins on the East and West Sides Hudsons river from ye 30'h September last to this day both Inclusive at the rate of 6 ^ per diem for Adults, and 4^ per diem for young Persons of the age of 10 years and under. 1 1 Reiluced Month Days Young at [to Adults at Adults …

I have secured them In one of tlie upper roomes in the Barricks in the fort ; I have not Irons to put them in, here is but tliree [sets] of Irons & two of tliem are on the deserters, but I shall endeavour to Secure them till further Orders from y Excell, When tlie Guard Came for tJiera they ask'd wliy they were made prisoners tliey were tould by Coll'' Schuyler it was for …

I have your Letter of the 8'^ Ins* as to the Palatins you have secured, as soon as the Weather will Permit, I will order them to the County where the fact was committed in order to their Tryal, in the mean time I desire You'll take care that none of them make their Escape. 25th March ]7]2 AccT of the Subsistence of the Palathies on the East and West Sides Hudson s river in the …

248 17 -- 1117 5 10 1047 12 6 877 5 10 592 8 « 3291 1 2 678 PAPERS RELATING TO THE GOV. HUNTER'S SCHEME FOR IMPLOYING THE PALATINES THE ENSUING SUMMER. ' 1st That a Liv^ and thirty men be ord^ from Albany to the Mannor of Livingston there to be posted in such manner and at such places for the better Carrying on the Work as M"" Sacket shal think proper, and that tents be …

4^ That the List Masters of the respective towns do give to M*" Sacket a List of the men under their Inspection and upon notice from M^ Sacket to send him from time to time as he shall require such numbers as he shall demand and if any of the men so ordered refuse to go that they send M'^ Sackett an account of their names who will take care to punish them, and the List Masters …

That all or so many of the Tools of v/hat kind soever they are, wliich M'' Sacket may want be sent for and delivered to him for the Tarr Work MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 679 9. That if any of the people are negligent of the Business they are imployed about or Lazy that M^ Sacket punish them in such manner as he shall judge fit & that he send for others in tlieir Room from time to …

You are also to Inform yo^self what number of palatines there are who have been formerly us'd to the raising or manufactureing of Hemp & flax, and in case Coll. Heathcote shall send you notice that he has occasion for a number for that purpose not exceeding twenty you are to choose such as are most Intelligent in that matter & most willing to pursue it and send them in ye …

Carrying a Peece of ye old Damm with it, and came down with such force yt had like to Carry both Saw Mill & Corn miU & Dam and all, for ye Ise being Strong below ye Dam, stopd ye water w^h Rose 16 foot Perpendicular, I was at a losse what to doe with ye Palatins having no flour aforehand, ye frost being so great could grind no more than they eat dayly. So I got 30 Slees & sent …

I ave not without great DifiBlculty Procured as much wheat this winter of ye farmers, as has kept ye Palatines Eating sixce ye 8"> of January y' ye Bisket was done, & have sent yw ye ace' of 4 months doun herew^*' ye first from ye 13 Nov 1711 to ye 13 Jany 171i amounting to i:93.9 8i and ye 2^ from y® 13ti' Jany 171 1 to 13. march foil. £537.15 & also an ace* of Incidents with …

Now S'" yw will be pleased to lay ye s^ acc'^ before M"" Clark that they may be Perused, you will see there is not an article but has a voucher from M'" Cast or M' Sacket, Except ye 5 lbs for my trouble in buying ye fatt catle last fall vvh I charge as M^ Clark was pleased to allow last year. Now ye matter is money to pay these honest farmers y* have lett me have tlieir wheat …

pay away some to sopus, & to oy^'^ y* lett me have money to goe on with this affare, for w<=^ I pay Intrest, w^^^ fals hard upon me, I shal not need to acquaint y ^ of my necessity of money, y' matter speaks for itselfe, never the lesse since Jefiteri is arrivd & I hope Dimmons too by this time, tliere will be money made olf goods Enough to spare for my necessity yt may keep …

Now S"^ paper money does very well at New York but will not doe among y* farmers here, for if yw ofier it 'tis true tliey dare not deny it, but then yw must never Expect a grain of wheat afterwards from y"i therefore whatever yw doe lett it be Silver money & send me word p ferit, as soon as our Sloop comes from ye mill I send her doun to New York, if there be any freiglit for …

About 3 weeks ago we had an Information from Albany y^ mj 2 negroes who runn away last fall and are got to Canada by the help of a River Indian, ye one is with ye Gov of Mont Eoyall y® oy»" with Seber yt was here y' tliey had told yefrench yt there was 8 more negroes from whence they Run upon w'l ye french had sent y* Indian y* brought them there & 12 more to tliis Place in …

INGOLDESBY. HoN'^i-E Sir We have herein inclosed a Coppy of liis Excel<=5s orders to M'' Sacket, article the first and presume his Ex^y has acquainted yr Hon'" with it, and finding that there is no good to be done with these people who will obey no orders without compulsion, we desire y Hon"" to despatch hither s^ Detachment as soon as possible ; and you will oblige y Hon's …

Sr his Ex^y finds it absolutely necessai-y to make the Expence for the Palatins as little as possible, and conceiving that the Article of Beer may be much retrenched he has Commanded me MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 683 to let you know that he would have you take beer only for the men that work and not for their familys till you receive further orders I have wrote to M'" Sacket to …

If however I were able to go on, that would not discourage me, having such ample orders from her Majesty to subsist them that I doubt not her goodness to reimburse me. Therefore, I have no desire that the people quit their establishments now the work has arrived at such a point of perfection. To prevent tlieir perishing and the total abandonment of the work, I have devised …

Therefore I hope they will leave with the full determination to return at tlie first notice, witliout imagining that any government or power in any other Province can protect them in case they go there. That should any of them remove into any other Province (except that of New Jersey which is likewise under my government) I have adopted measures for their rendition, and will …

They must, therefore, not calculate on being dispersed for any greater lengtli of time. You see the nect-ssity to wliich I am reduced. It causes me much uneasiness, because I am convinced that the w'ork can not fail were the people on tlie spot to prosecute it. But we must submit to what we cannot remedy. I, however, have tlie testimony of a gO')d conscience in having done all …

As for the others, I only pray God to tiu'n away the Vengeance that menaces them and which they have richly deserved. As regards yourself individually, you will find that you do not work for an Ingrate. There are persons who would insinuate sus'picions as to your conduct but without effect. I believe you an honest man and am sincerely, Sir, &c Distribute as soon as possible …

with the Priviledge that the ffreeholders of said Manor may elect and Return one Deputy or Representative to sitt in the Gen" Assembly to Represent the ffreeholders and Inhabitants of the same and your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray. Rt Livingston. •»• The original of the above Petition is much damaged. Where the words are within [] we have endeavored to supply …

As one of ye Inspectors of ye Palatins & of y^ storige computed to ye 25 March 1714 which his ExceU: gov. hunter is charged withall. His Salary from 24th Augst 1710 to 1 Nov. 1711 included in ye gen" acct ^118 18 -- To ye 25 March 1712 included in ye gen" acct.. . 39 14 6 To ye 25 June 1712 included in ye ace* of Incidents 25 To ye 25 Sept. 1712 included in ye ace* of …

As In duty bound by my Last to you I give your Excy an ace* How the Palintines threatened In a Rebelious manner If I should build or mannure the Land at Schore that your Excellcy was Pleased to Grant me a Pattent for and In Please your Excellency I have mannured a great part of the Land and Sowed Considerable grain thereon they still drove their horses on it by night, : I then …

CSS PAPERS RELATING TO THE they will, go for England but has left his son which is their Interpreter to the Indians and every day tells the Indians many Lyes, whereby much miclicheife may Ensue more than we now tliink oif and is much to be feared : for tlie time I have been their I have made a diligent scrutiny into all their actions but I dont find a Great many Concerned with …

I am informed that one John Conrade Wiser a Covenanted Servant of his Majesty, who has been Guilty of Several Mutinous Riotous and other disobedient ^- illegal practices is now skulking in your County to avoid punishment you are therefore on sight hereof to Issue your Warrant for the Apprehending the said Wizer and to cause him to be sent down in safe Custody to the City of …

You are hereby required to prepare a draft of letters patent of confirmacon for Robert Livingston of the manor of Livingston reciting jfirst the bounds of a patent granted to him by Colonel Thomas Dongan then Governour of this Province of New York bearing date the 4'^^ day of November 1C84 of a certain tract of land by Roelofl' Jansens kill on the East side ol Hudsons river as …

III. 44 .^^ 690 PAPERS RELATING TO THE of him tne s'^ Robert Livingston his heirs & assigns forever under the same yearly Quitrent as formerly of twenty eight shillings saving & reserving out thereof the quantity of six thousand acres of land within the bounds of the s^ mannor already purchased from the st^ Robert Livingston for the use of her late majesty her heirs successors …

Greeting: Whereas, our loving subject, Robert Livingston, by virtue of a patent under the seal of the Province of New York, bearing date the fourth day of November, one thousand six hundred and eighty four, is seized and possessed of a certain tract of land, lying and being on a creek on the east side of Hudson's river, commonly called or known by the name of Roeloffe Johnsons …

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of him tne s'^ Robert Livingston his heirs & assigns forever under the same yearly Quitrent as formerly of twenty eight shillings saving & reserving out thereof the quantity of six thousand acres of land within the bounds of the s^ mannor already purchased from the s^ Robert Livingston for the use of her late majesty her heirs successors and assigns forever &c And for your soe …

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, our loving subject, Robert Livingston, by virtue of a patent under the seal of the Province of New York, bearing date the fourth day of November, one thousand six hundred and eighty four, is seized and possessed of a certain tract of land, lying and being on a creek on the east side of Hudson's river, commonly called …

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the river's side, and the rest adjoining to the said two hundred acres and so running back into the woods, and also all woods, underwoods, waters, runs, streams, ponds, creeks, meadows, marshes, fishing, hawking, hunting and fowhng, and all other liberties, priviledges, hereditaments and appui-tenances to the said tract or parcell of land and premises belonging or in any ways …

Whereas the said Robert Livingston, by virtue of another patent under the seal of the said province bearing date the seven and twentyeth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty five, and in the first year of the reign of King James the Second, is seized and possessed of another tract of land, called Tachkanick, lying and being adjacent to the …

Creek called Skaanpook, where two white Oak trees are marked L, and so runs along the East side of the said Creek, which a little lower is called by tlie name of Twastawekack, and is the westerly bounds, they transporting all their right and title to the Eastward of sa^d Creek called Twastawekack, the southerly bounds beginning on the other side of the Creek that runs along …

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 693 be appointed to receive the same, Eight shillings currant money of the Province yearly on tlie five and twentyeth day of Marcli, at tlie town of Albany, as by the said Patent, also remaining upon Record in the Secretary's office of the Province of New York, . relation being thereunto had may more fuUy and at large appear : And whereas upon further …

be appointed to receive the same, Eight shillings currant money of the Province yearly on tlie five and twentyeth day of Marcli, at tlie town of Albany, as by the said Patent, also remaining upon Record in the Secretary's office of the Province of New York, . relation being thereunto had may more fuUy and at large appear : And whereas upon further application made by the said …

-.^ ^0^. 694 .V** PAPEHS RELATING TO THE under the seal of tlie said province. He, the said Thomas Dongan, for the con^ideratioi* aforesaid^ and by virtue of the authority to him derived from liis then most sacred Majesty, and the power in him residing in and by the said third patent, bearing date tlie said two and twentyeth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand …

Orchards, Gardens, pastures, meadows, marshes, woods, underwoods, trees, timber, quarrys; rivers, runs, rivolets, brooks, ponds, lakes, streams, creeks, harbours, heathes, fishing, hawking, hunting and fowling, mines, minerals, silver and gold mines only excepted, and all the rights, members, libertys, priviledges, jurisdictions, royalties, hereditaments, profits, advantages …

.aiANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 695 therein before mentioned for the holding and keeping' of said CoLU't Leet and Court Earon from time, and to award and issue out the customary writ to be issued and awarded out of the said Court Leet and Court 'Baron, to be kept" by the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever, or their or any of their Stewards deputed and appointed with …

therein before mentioned for the holding and keeping' of said CoLU't Leet and Court Earon from time, and to award and issue out the customary writ to be issued and awarded out of the said Court Leet and Court 'Baron, to be kept" by the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever, or their or any of their Stewards deputed and appointed with full and ample power and …

To be holden of his said Majesty, his heirs, successors and assigns, in free and common soccage according to tlie Tenure of East Greenwich, in the County of Kent, in the kingdom of England aforesaid ; Yielding and paying therefor unto his said Majesty, his heirs, successors, and assigns, or to such officer or officers as shall from time to time be ap- 696 PAPERS RELATING TO …

pointed to receive the same, on the five and twentyeth day of March yearly, forever, at Albany, the full and just sum of eight and twenty shillings, current money of the Country as by the said third patent also recorded in the Secretary's office of the province of New York, may more fully, and at large appear ; And whereas the said Robert Livingston, by his humble petition …

Wee, being willing to grant : Know Yee, that of our especial grace certain knowledge and meer motion, we have given, granted, ratified, released and confirmed, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, do give, grant, ratify, release find confirm unto tlie said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever. All tliat the before recited tract and tracts of laud …

Indians Sakackqua, then south by east, eight degrees tliirty minutes, easterly one hundred and forty rods, to five Linde or Lime trees, all marked with Saint Andrews Cross, standing togetlier v/here two runs of water meet together on the south side of the said flatt, then west, southwest six degeees thirty minutes, southerly one mile and one half mile and twe.'ve rods to a …

appertaining or accepted reputed, talien, known or occupied as part or parcell or member thereol', together with fishing in Hudson's river so far as the said land extends on said Hudson's river, excepting always and reserving by these presents unto us, om- heirs, successors and assigns lorever, the quantity of six tliousand acres of the soil or ground part of the said Manor …

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 699 ments at the said Court Leet and Court Baron to be sett, forfeited, or imposed, payable or happening at any time to be paya1:)le by any of the inhabitants of or Avitliin the said Lordship and Manor and the limitts and bounds thereof, and to award and issue out of the customary writts and process commonly issued and awarded out of the Courts in England …

Also, w^e have given and granted and do by these presents for us our heirs and successors, forever give and grant unto the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever, all wafts, estrays, Deodands, wrecks, goods of felons liappening and being forfetted within the said Lordship and Manor, and all and every sumand sums of money to be paid as a fine, post iine upon any …

by act or acts of General Assembly made or to be made for that purjjose; for defraying of any public charge, and the sum and sums of money now and hereafter to be assessed, levyed, collected and paid to assesse, collect, levy and pay for and towards the use and uses, as directed by act or acts of General Assembly of this Province or Colony, and for the better preservation of …

And we do further give and grant unto the said Hobert Livingston, his heirs assigns for ever, that from henceforth it shall and may be lawfull to and for the freeholders of t'io said Lordsiiip and Manor to Assemble and meet together, and to elect, choose, and send some fit person being a freeliolder and inhabitant within the said Manor, to be their representative, and to siit …

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 701 returned as aforesaid shall have all the freedom and priviledge of a member of Generall Assembly, and be received, accepted, and treated as the representative of the said Lordship and Manor, in the same manner as other representatives of the said province are received, accepted and treated in the said Generall Assembly when sitting. To have and to hold …

And we do hereby will and grant that these our Letters pattent be made and that they and the record of tliem in our Secretary's oifice of our province of New York, shall be good and effectual in the law^, to all intents, constructions and purposes notwithstanding the not true and well reciting and mentioning of the premises or any part thereof, or of mispelling of any word in …

Witness our said trusty and well beloved Robert Hunter, Esqr., Captain Generall and Governour in Chief of our province of New York, province of New Jersey, and the territorys and tracts of land depending on them in America, and Vice Admiral of the same at Fort George in New York, this first day of October, in the second year- of our rign, Annoq. Domini, 1715. (L. S.) By order …

This 6000 acres or the Camp is included within the bounds and limits of the Grant and Confirmation in 1715, and tho' the Grant of the Soil of those 6000 acres is excepted, they are nevertheless included and made part of the Mannor as much as any other part of it is. Consequently all the freeholders in that 6000 acres, or the Camp have aright to vote for the Representative sent …

That from the time that your Petitioners were by your Exc^ Singular goodness Settled on a Tract of Land, within the County aforesaid, yo^" Pet'^ have in the best manner Performed and attended Divine Service as often and as decently as was possible, but with great difficulty for want of a Convenient place, to shelter yo' Pete's from the Inclemency of tlie weather : and whereas …

Tour Pef^s humbly Pray that yo'" Exy will grant them your Licence for building a Church in Kingsberry of Sixty feet in lenght and forty feet Avide, to Perform Divine Service according to the Liturgy and Rites of the Chiu'ch of England as by Law Established : as also to grant your Pet''^ the Liberty to Crave the favour and Charity of well disposed People for such aid and …

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Sucli of that people as were sober and industrious remain on tlie Lands Avhere I settled them at first k which I was o])liged to purchase for them on Hudson's River for the Ends proposed by those who sent them viz* the Manufacture of Naval Stores ; these are well enabled to subsist themselves the rest have been wanderers, xibout fourty Families of them went and took possession …

Their lordships know that all the lands of any value were granted away before my administration There is still a great Tract of Land but very remote on the Frontiers formerly granted to Domine Dellius of fifty miles square & resumed by act of Assembly which may be granted to them if they are Willing to "ansplant themselves tliither In a body so as they may be secure >om the …

Geni Nicholson attending, as desir'd, as also M^ Jeremy Long who appears in behalf of the Palatines & other Germans at New York, whose Petition & case, as also a letter from Brigadier Hunter on tlie same subject are mention'd in the Minutes of the 21 St of July & 2*^ of August last, the said case & Letter were again read ; And Gen' Nicholson being ask'd what he knew of the …

Magazines there -- And M' Long above mention'd being unable to make proof of any of the Particulars set forth in the said Case of ■ the Palatines ; he was acquainted that Copies of the several Papers relating to their Petition, shou'd be transmitted to Mr Burnet Gov"" of New York, and the settlement of such of them as desire to remove to proper places, recommended to him, tho' …

Before they left England, they werepromis'd 5 pounds in money p'' head, of wliich they have received nothing att all. It was likewise promis'd, tliat on their arrival there, each of them should receive Cloaths, utencils, tools and other Conveniency's belonging to Husbandry, all which were sent with them from England for their use, but of these they receiv'd but very little …

In the fall of that year those that were living, (tlien it must be ol^serv'd tliat during their voiage thither, and after their landing a great number of tliem weredea^l ;) were remov'd to a tract of land belonging to one Mr Livingston, where they liv'd in houses erected by themselves till tlie Spring following, when they were order'd to the woods to make pitch and tair, and …

The small prospect tliey had of being in a Capacity to serve the nation, who had so generously and Cliaritably advanced very great sums of money for their relief and Support and the Impossibility there was of raising Corn, Cattell, and other provisions for their subsistance on such ordinary and almost barren land oblig'd them to petition the aforesaid Governour, that they …

dition against Canada, whicli they willingly and Chearfully did, and on their return, were tlieir arms taken from them, tho' all that went on the Expedition should have kept them by her late Majesty's particular order without paying them any wages or sallery (notwitlistandlng they were put on the Establishment of New-York and New Jersey or both, and the money receiv'd by the …

This was the latter end of the year and winter just at hand, which is very severe, there being no provision to be had, and the people bare of Cloatlis, which occasi(jned a terrible Consternation amongst them, and particularly from the women and Children the most pityfull and dolerous Cryes and lamentations that Iiave perhaps ever been heard from any persons under tlie most …

This put the people in some heart, and finding it absolutely necessary to embrace that opportunity so providently bestow'd on them, all hands fell to work and in 2 weeks time Clear'd a way thro' the woods of 1 5 miles long with the utmost toyle and labour, tho' allmost starv'd and without bread Which being effected, 50 familys were immediately sent to Schorie, when being …

The number of Germans who came hitlier to searcli for bread for themselves, their Wifes and Children were more then the land allready granted them by the Indians Cou'd supply with settlements, and some of the people of Albany endeavouring to purchase the land round 'em from the Indians on purpose to Close them up, and deprive them of any rang for their Cattle, they were …

Upon the first settlement of this land the miserys those poor and allmost famish'd Creatures underwent were incredible, and had it not been for the Charity of the Indians who shew'd them where to gather some eatable roots and herbs, must inevitably have perish'd every soul of them, but what God said in anger to Adam was in mercy fulfilled, viz. thou shall eat the herbs of the …

Some time after did these Gentlemen send the Sheriff with some others upon the land, and to take the s^' Captain by force, dead or a life, but he having timely notice of it was on his Guai-d, so they were prevented. These Gentlemen finding the Inhabitants resolut in keeping possession of the lands they had thus iniprov'd and from whence they drew the only support to themselves …

Tliis with their Treatnings being done in the Spring, tlie best planting time for Indian Corn, (the Chief of their subsistance) damp'd the spirits of these poor people, slackned tlieir Industry and did 'em great damage. In the year 1717 Came the Gouvernor to Albany, and sent orders to the Inhabitants of the land Schorie, that 3 men of every village shou'd appear before him on …

What Great Britain, and M'" Lewingston added, here is y King, meaning the Governor, Wliereupon they beg"d his pardon, and that he would forgive them their Ignorance and Inadvertency. To The second question they return'd this answer, that tlie people were so many, the land so small and the wags so bad, that it was impossible to agree with tlie Gentlemen on tlieir extravagant …

Governor Hunter then ordered, that those who would not agree with or turn tenants to those Gentlemen of Albany, to whom he had sold the land for 1500 pistoles shou'd remove from their habitations and Improvements and that they should make two lists, one of those that wou'd agree, the other of those tliat wou'd not agree with the Gentlemen, and tliat he soon expected an order …

This was a thunder Clap in the ears of tlieir Wifes and Children and the lamentation of all t'le people increased to such a liight, and their necessitys grew so great, that they were forc'd for tlieir own preservation to transgress those orders and sew some Suiinner Corn and fruits or else they must have starv'd. These Gentlemen have thrown one of tlieir women in prison at …

TO MAKE A COLLECTION IN AID OF BUILDING A CHURCH ON HIS MANOR. [ Deed Book XI. ] William Burnet Esq^' Captain Generall and Govern' in Chief of the Provinces of New York New Jersey and Territories thereon Dependmg in America and Vice Admirall of the same &c. To all Cliristian and Charitable people withm the Provinces of New York and New Jersey in America, sendeth Greeting …

Desireous to promote and Encom-age so pious an undertaking Have Therefore thought fitt to grant unto the same Robert Livingston Leave and Lycence to Collect & Receive the free and Voluntary Charity and Contribution of any of the Inhabitants within tlie said Province towards the Carrying on aud Finishing of the same ; And for his so doing this shall be to liim a sufficient …

It does not appear to tliis Board there was any Contagious Distemper on Board the said Vessell but upon Consideration of the Number of Persons who have been sick in the Voyage, and the quantity of Cloaths which may have Contracted Noisome Smells through the Length of the Voyage It is ordered by his Excell>' with the Advice of the Council that the Commander of the said Ship do …

****** When I was at Albany I expected to have fixed the Palatines in their new Settlement which I liad obtained of the Indians for them at a very easy purchase, but I found them very much divided into Parties and the cunningest among them fomenting their Eivisions on purpose that the greatest number might leave the Province and then the great Tract of Land lately purchased …

But as about sixty familys desired to be in a distinct Tract from the rest & were those who had all along been most hearty for the Government I have given them leave to purchase laxd from the Indians, between the present English settlements near Fort Hunter & part of Canada on a Creek called Canada Creek Vvhere they will be still more immediately a Barrier against tiie sudden …

managed by a few cunning persons among tliem that lead the rest as tliey please, who are for the generality a laborious and honest but a headstrong ignorant people. SECRETARY CLARKE TO M^' WALPOLE. N. York Nov. 27th, 1722. Sir I find myself obliged to give you the trouble of this to prevent the malice of my enemies who bearing w^^ impatience their ill succes hitlierto are now …

Brigadier Hunter wanting Certificates from the palatins themselves to prove that he had subsisted them pursuant to ye Queens orders & his acco'^ sent me a draft of a certificate giving me liberty w**iall to alter it if I saw occasion and wrote to several others of liis friends here to consult w"i me and to be assisting in the affair, I considered his draft as thurroughly as I …

718 PAPERS RELATING TO THE they had as good sign none the resolution being thus taken they went to work w''' the palatins and finding an unwillingness in them to sign it they were threatened and the Gov told them they should not have the land he had promised them unles they signed; by this means they failed in their negotiations getting but very few hands to the Certificate …

I talkt with him about it he promised to come to me again and take some notes for his better direction, but finding that he put me of from day to day I at last complained to him of it, who excused himself by teUing me that M^ Kennedy and the attorney Genii had forbid him to discourse w^h me about it, he had then some affair depending in which he hoped for the Attorneys …

I know not what sentiments the Brigadeer will have of those tilings but if those men prevail it will be vain for me to avow my innocence or my desire to have served liim eflfectually, to you Sir, whose good opinion I hope no arts will deprive me of. I am bliged for my own sake to open myself and I wish the Brigadeer had intrusted this affair wholly to me I am confident that I …

I have at length after much time Spent in Sending severall times into the neighbouring provinces as well as to the remote parts of this got the vouchers to the Brigadiers accounts of the Expedition, they are almost all Copyed, so that you may depend upon my sending them by the GoV^ Ship wliich he tells me will Sail by the tenth of the next month I am &c Nov 27th 1723 Endorsed …

That upon the Encouragement that has been heretofore given them of haveing a grant of tlie Said Lands they have setled upon the Same and made Considerable improvements whicli they would be glad to have secured to them and their heirs, Tliat the said Lands have not been as yet of any use to his Majesty but now they are willing to pay the usual quit rent fur Lands in this …

Tliat by indenture bearing date the 29 day of September 1710 made between Robert Livingston of the mannor of Livingston & Alida his wife of the one part & Robert Hunter Esq'" Late Governour of this province of the otljer part the said Robert Livingston & Alida his wife for the Consideration y'in mentioned did give grant & Enfeoff & Release unto the said Robert Hunter his heirs …

North fourty five Degrees Westerly twenty five chains & Six tenths of a Chain Thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly one hundred and fom- cliaius & Seven tenths of a Chain from thence South fourty five Degrees Easterly fifty one chains & two tenths of a Chain from thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly one hundred & one chains from thence due Northw^est Three hundred & twenty …

May it please Your Excellency to grant to your Petitioners & tileir heirs his Majesty s Letters patent for the said tract of Land under Such Quitrents conditions and Restrictions as are usual & agreeable to your Excellencys instructions from his Majesty & your petitioners shall Ever pray Jacob S Sharp Christophel Hagadoni. June ye 13th 1724 Read and referred to the Gent, of …

referring to us the Petition of Jacob Shai-p Christopher Hagatorn and Jacob Shoemaker in behalf of themselves and others Palatines inhabitants of that part of the Mannor of Livingston formerly granted by Robert Livingston to Brigade Hunter to the use of her late Majesty her heirs and successors We humbly Report that We have Considered of the same and ai-e of opinion that the …

The Report of the Gentlemen of the Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Jacob Sharp, Christopher Hagatorn and Jacob Shoemaker in behalf of [themselves and] others Palatines inhabitants of that part of the Mannor of Livingston formerly granted by Robert Livingston to Brigade Hunter to the use of her late Majesty her hiers and successors Was Read and approved of by …

M^' Kennedy when he went up last to M^" Livingston's carried a Copy of the order of Council relateing to the Land to be granted to the Palatines liveing near M*" Livingston's & left it there Jacob Sharp has pursuant to that order brought me a list of all the heads of Families that are wilhng to continue upon that land being 63 in number but he says they have not all a like …

I liave not time to make a return in form to the order of the Council & I am not sufficiently inform'd to do it, but as I think it a liardship to make the people travil so far without doing any thing I choose to write my opinion to your Excellency in this manner If your Excellency shall like this method of Granting the Grant may be made in Council as soon PAPERS RELATING TO …

Herman Betzer Hanna Man Sallbach Peter Lamp Man Jacob Berjer Peter Hagendorn Christ dictrig Pfilibs finikel Nicklas Hes Johannes hoe mier Johanes Leuck Bastian Lesche Henrig Winder Johannes dat Samel Kun Heni-ig Stals Wittib Jones Schenckels Johanes Henrig Conrad Joery Muhler Christian Muhlers Wittib Adam Hoflf Pfilibs SchefiFer Andres domes Christian Dethrig Olrig Jacobi …

Robert Livingston was born at Ancram in Scotland on the 13th Deer 1654.* His father the Rev. Dr. L. dying in 1672, Robert immigrated to America in 1674, and settled in Albany where we find him acting as Town Clerk and Secretary for Indian affairs in 1675. It was whilst holding this important office, the duties of whicJi he performed for nearly fifty years, that he acquired the …

Kidd, preferred divers charges against Gov. Fletcher who in revenge suspended him, the following year, from all his offices, except that of Town Clerk. Fortunately for Livingston, he got introduced v/hilst in England, to the Earl of Bellomont, and having obtained the King's Commission (20 Jany 1695-6) reinstating him in all his places, his Lordship on becoming governor, took …

Brigadeer Hunter to the use of her Late Majesty her heirs & successors and to which was also referred the report of the Surveyor General pursuant to a Reference to him from the Councill Have Considered of the Same and are of opinion that your Excellency may Grant to Jacob Sharpe Joliannes Heiner Johannes Kolman & Christophel Hagendorn their heirs & assigns six thousand acres …

L. claimfd to have against the public. It was previous to this, however, that Livingston introduced his Lordship to that "most abandoned Villain" Capt. Kidd, between whom &. Mr. Livingston on the one part and Bellomont on the other, an agreement had been entered into to equip a privateer on shares for their mutual advantage.! Kidd shortly after deceived his associates and …

Doc. xiii. 45G et seq. for the agreement between BeUomoiit, Liviug^stoa & Kidd, & Livingston's bond to Bellomont as security for Capt. Kidd. MANOR or LIVINGSTON. 727 PETITION OF R. LIVINGSTON, JUN^. To the Honourable George Clinton Captain General and Governour in chief over the Province of New York and Territories thereon depending in America Vice Admiral of the same and …

That the said Robert Livingston by virtue of the said Letters Patent was dui-ing his life time and at the time of his death and representative in England, "contrary (as the Assembly declared) to the duty and allegiance he owes to his Majesty and to the peace of this government."* He was suspended from the Council on the 20:h of April of the following year. Misfortune was not …

The act of 1701, still remaining on the Statute book, he now turned his attention to secure its repeal. He succeeded in getting himself elected representative for Albany, and took his seat for the first time in the Assembly, in 1709. In November of that year, the law was repealed. He continued to represent that city until Sept. 1714. Having now amassed considerable wealth …

That the said Tract of Land was always held and esteemed to lye within this Province, and that accordingly your Petitioners, and his said Ancestors, have constantly paid the Quit rent for the same unto his Majesty's Receivers General of this Province, and also have been at great charge and expence to encourage the • settlement and improvement of the said Manor, the Tenants …

L. died about the year 1728, having been, with but a few intermissions, Uie recipient of public favor and patronage from his first arrival in America until the close of his career. He was a man of unquestionable shrewdness, perseverance, and of large acquisitiveness. His main efforts whether in or out of the legislature, seem to hive been directed principally to securing for …

being seized of the same as aforesaid, did peaceably possess the same, until some time in December last, since which he hath met with frequent Disturbances by people of the Massachusets Colony surveying part of the said Tract of Land under pretence of its lying within the said Colony, and stirring up several of your Petitioners Tenants, disuading them from holding the same …

That your Petitioner hath been obliged in order to quiet the disturbances occasioned by the said pretence of Title, and to assert his right to the same lands to commence one action of Trespass, and another action of I^ectment, in both of wliich the Defendants have compromised the matter by taking new Leases from your Petitioner, and giving security for tlie payment of the …

I have heard you liave sued the one, and threatned the other, which possibly may not turn out to your advantage. I should have gladly seen you and talk'd of the affau" with Calmness and in a friendly manner, wMch I hope to have an opportunity to do, in the mean time I am Sir your very humble servant 01*' Partridge" as by the said Letter superscribed and directed to your …

Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your Excellency in tender consideration of the premises to cause application to be made to the said General Court, that they may not agree to the Transactions of the said Committee, and that all further proceedings be stayed in the premises, until the true division line be settled between the two Colonies, and to issue your Orders to the …

Surveyor General for this Province shall Report to your Excellency that the Lands mentioned in the said Petition in which the Disturbance complained of has been Committed are Lands claimed as part of this Province of New York, and that as such They were Granted by Letters Patent under the Seal of this Province to the said Petitioners Grandfather in the Year one Tliousand Six …

While this affair shall be depending between Your Excellency and that Government upon such Representation as aforesaid, I can by no means think it Expedient that ^^Your Excellency Issue Your " Order to the Justices of the peace Living in and near the manner of " Livingston, to Cause such Person or perswis as shall till such " settlement under the Pretence of Right in the …

Nevertheless, if such Disturbances should be frequently Committed, so as to become a public Grievance, and the Government of the Massachusetts Bay will not Hearken to Your Excellency's Representation on tlie part of this Government, but will countenance and abett such Proceedings, I conceive, that in such Case it will be the Right of this Government, to Defend itself against …

But as to private Injuries by Entries into the Petitioner's Lands, and Disturbing his Possession, I conceive, that it is most Expedient, that Your Excellency do not Interpose at present by any Extraordinary Act or Order, but Leave the Petitioner to his Ordinary Remedy at Law, and if any of his Possessions are forcibly taken or forcihly held from him, the Statutes of England …

In obedience to your Excellency's order in Council referrmg to me & the Attorney Generallthe Petition of Robert Livingston junr that we separately report thereon what we shall thmk proper to be don I humbly conceive that the reference to me as Sui-veyor General must only be on one single point viz whether ye Mannor of Livingston be within the Boundary of the Province of New …

In obedience to your Excellency's Order in Council of the 3^ day of July last, Referring to a Committee thereof, the Petitions of Robert Livingston Juni" Esq^ and of the Owners of a certain Tract of Land called Westenhook, Complaining of new Claims and Encroachments made upon their Lauds, by the Inhabitants of the Massachusets Bay ; And also the Surveyor GeneraPs and the …

2^ That Governour Stuyvesant, the Dutch Governor of the said Province, by his letter dated the 2^ of September 1664 New Stile, In answer to a letter from Governour Richard Nicholls of the 1^ August preceeding, demanding the Surrender of all the Forts and Places of Strengtli possessed by the Dutch under his (Governor Stuyvesant's) Command, Writes as follows " Moreover " its …

3'J That the said Dutch Governour Stuyvesant did in the year 1664, surrender all the Country which the Dutch did then possess, to King Charles the Second ; and that the States General made a Cession thereof by the Treaty of Breda in the year 1667. That the Dutch reconquered part of this Province in 1673 j and surrendered and absolutely yielded it to King Charles the second in …

5^'^ That the Committee apprehend, Connecticut River continued the East Bounds of this Province until the 28 ^^ of March 1700, When by King William's Confirmation of an Agreement between this Province and Connecticut, the Western Bounds ol that Colony were setled at twenty miles from Hudson's River : And they cannot find any other Alteration in the Eastern Bounds of this …

the Council of Plymouth from forty to forty eight degrees of Nortli Latitude inclusive : In which there is a Recital to this purpose " Now forasmuch as the King has been certainly given " to understand, by divers good Subjects that have for these " many years frequented those Coasts and Territories, between " the degrees of 40 and 48, that there is no other Subjects of any " …

7th That the Council of Plymouth by their Deed dated the IQtb of March tlie third year of King Charles the first, granted to Sir Henry RossweU and others, part of what was supposed to be granted by the said Letters Patent, which Grant from the said Council of Plymoutli, the Committee take to be void as founded on the said void Patent. 8^^ That the said Sii' Henry Rosswell and …

lO^h That t]ie Bounds granted by tliis charter, are Westward as far as the Colonies of Rhode Island Connecticut, and tlie Naraganset Country ; which words being in the case of a Grant from the Crown, the Committee conceive cannot extend their Bounds further than to Connecticut Colony, and tlierefore not to Connecticut Eiver ; And much less to the Westward of it because …

ll*h That both the Patents under which the Petitioners claim, the Committee find were granted under the great Seal of this Province, that of the Manor of Livingston in 1686, and that of Westenhook in 1705 : And that the Lands contained in the said Grants are, the Committee apprehend, within the Jurisdiction of this Province, tliey being both West of Connecticut River. 12^'' …

And lastly the Committee are of opinion, that a Copy of so much of this Report, as shall be approved of by your Excellency and the Council, be transmitted to the Lieutenant Governour ©f the Province of Massachusets-Bay, requesting that he would take effectual measures, that all encroachments and Disturbances by the People of that Colony on his Majesty's Subjects of this …

Referring to the Challenges your Governm' makes to Lands claimed by this Province : The affair is of great Moment, and I shall lay it before the General Assembly of this Province, which will meet the 28^^ Instant, And I shall use my utmost Endeavour that every thing may be done consistent with Justice, & that may promote a good Harmony between the two Governments, Which I look …

That your Memorialist begs Leave to remind your Excellency, that on or about the sixteenth day of April, in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and fifty two, Your Memorialist preferred his humble petition unto Your Excellency setting forth his Title to the said Mannor under his late Majesty King James the Second, which from the Time of his said Majesty's Grant …

Council of the third day of July last, to refer the Subject matter of your said Memorialists petition, to a Committee of this Honourable Board' who, in Consequence of such your Excellency's Reference, did, on the twenty Eighth day of February last, as your Memoriahst iiath been informed, among other tilings, make Report unto your Excellency, " Tliat they apprehended the " …

That thereupon, as your Memorialist hath been informed, a Committee was appointed by the said General Court to take under Consideration the petition of the said V/illiam Bull and others, Who made Report that they " were of opinion that a ^' Committee should be appointed by the said General Court to " repair to the Lands petitioned for, and to make full Inquiry " into the …

Whicli last mentioned Petition was preferred, and the proceedings of t!ie said General Court were had thereon during the Time your Memorialists said petition w^as under the Consideration of the abovementioned Committee of this Honourable Board, and were as your Memorialist humbly conceives, the Gr)unawork of all those proceedings on the part of the Massachusets Bay Colony …

That your Excellency, as your Memorialist hath been informed? was pleased (by the Advice of this Honourable Board) to send, to His Honour the Lieutenant Gov of tlie Massachusets Bay Colony, a Copy of tlie abovementioned Report of the Committee of the Honourable Board, and that tlie same w^as by him laid before the General Court of the said Province, by whom a Committee was …

'742 PAPEfttS RELATING TO THK Compleat Act of tiiat Government, Wlience yonr Memorialist humbly conceives tli^it the Committee appointed, by the s*i General Court, upon tlie first mentioned Report of a Committee of the said General Coiu-t, were deprived of all tlie povi'er wlierewith they w^ere invested by their appointment. That, as your Memorialist hath been informed a Copy …

It being unreasonable (as your Memorialist humbly conceives) that the Government of the Massachusets Buy Colony shoidd take any steps, towards possessing themselves of the Lands in dispute in Opposition to the Government of this province after they lune enacted tliatCommissionerssha.il be appointed to settk the Boundaries between the two provinces in Conjunction with such …

the premises, and sine* the Act of the General Court of the Massachuset's Bay Colony to appoint Commissioners in Conjunction with this province, to settle the Boundaries between the two provinces, Your Memorialist received a Letter from the abovementioned Joseph Dwight Esqr dated at the abovesaid Town of Sheffield the seventh day of May instant signed by the said Joseph …

That your IMemorialist informer! the said Committee, that he claimed most of the T^nds mentioned in the petition of t]^ said William Bull and others, and had a good Title to them by Indian Deeds, and patent under the Crown and therefore desired them not to value or dispose of those Lands. Upon which the said Capt Livermore asked your Memorialist, under what Government your …

That the said Committee also informed your Memorialist that they had heard of the Report of the Committee and Order of the General Court thereon for the appointment of Commissioners to settle tiie Boundaries between the two provinces, and of the Letter from tlie said Lieutenant Governour to your Excellencj^, inclosing a Copy of the same, but declared that they had never seen …

And your Memorialist humbly conceives that the Reasons offered by the said Committee, in Favour of their abovementioned procedure were entirely frivolous, For that as a Settlement was in Agitation between the two provinces, and the General Court of the Massachuset's Bay had, since the Appointment of the said Committee proposed the Appointment of Commissioners aforesaid, the …

Tliat the next morning your Memorialist waited on the said Committee and requested of them a Copy of the petition of the said William Bull and others, and of the Order appointing the said Committee, wliich after some Hesitation of the Chairman, they allowed your Memorialist to take by his Clerk, wdiich Copys tho' the said Chairman refused to sign it, were examined by the said …

For that they had never petitioned for any of youi* Memorialist's Land but for Lands lying to the Eastward of his East Bounds Whence your Memorialist conceives that his said Tenants knew notliing of the said Petition, whereof he had obtained a Copy as abovesaid, but that it was a Contrivance of some unjust persons belonging to the said Massachusets Bay Colony to distress your …

from riudsuns Uiver tenninated in the Great Taqiiiinack Mountam) And pointing from the place where he then stood with the said Committee to the place where the said Line terminated, and running from thence with a com-se near South to Connecticut, which took in two thirds if not all the Lands contained in the petition of the said William Bull and otliers, and also told them …

And your MemoriaMst begs leave further to suggest to youi .Excellency that your Memorialist also' acquainted tlie said Committee of the Conduct of one David Ingersoll, an Lihabitant of the said Town of Sheffield, v/ho had been very industrious in seducing yuur Memorialists Tenants, and dissuading them from the payment of tlieir Rents, and that for such his Conduct he declared …

persoaa eo see the same executed in the Niglit of tlie tenth of January last, whioh however was prevented by the VigiluncG of your Memorialists Servants, who were obliged to Arm themselves in their defence -- A Conduct in your Memorialist's humble Opinion, not only vastly injurious to the Honour of His Majesty^s Government in this province but also tending to promote in the …

Whereupon one of the Committee answered that if we could prove so much " they would have no more to do but to withdraw and surrender." That your Memorialist offered to give the said Committee further Evidence, to this purpose, if they would go to your Memorialist's Mannor House, Whicli tliey refused, And afterwards they proceeded to Taquanuck with your Memorialist, where a …

furtlier Evidence to the same purpose, wliich tliey refused, yei your Memorialist believes that their advice to the people of Taquanuck, proceeded not from a desire that Justice might be done to your Memorialist, but was only designed to quiet him at that Time, and to procure an Opportunity of executing their Scheme without the presence or Interruption of your Memorialist For …

And your Memorialist further sheweth unto your Excellency, th.at some Time ago, one George Robiuso]! was imprisoned at tlie Suit of your Memorialist, for committing a Trespass on youi Memorialist Land in the said Mannor and carrying away his Goods, under pretence of the Right of the Massachusetts Bay, Whereupon the Government of the Massachusets bay ordered the said Joseph …