Albany, February 8, 1697/8

My dear husband,

I have received your letter of January 24 and loved to hear about your health and send you those papers with Jacob Tenw and hope that it reached you allright I now send you the bundle papers of the .... ...... (venter (?) gallu (?) ) and the bill of exchange with the protest from Kornel Hamelton are in there and 2 bills one from Captain Matijs and one from Fips .... that you get them paid Kortland said that as soon as the Assembly raised money for those 2 (officers ?) we would get it back I have paid the tax to Albany (or: I have brought the tax up to Albany) and I expect the money in he has the bills which were signed by the Captain and put it on the xxboek how he did put it and demand it from him I send you the bill of x sale up from the chest (?) if it gets so little on the market it would not be wise to sell it. I will next Tuesday drive with madam Inghelsbie in company of Mikel and his wife and Gert Teunesse to Taghkan if the wather is x somewhat mild. Jacop van Hoese has been here to rent xxxxxxxx xxxx Schipper’s farm if you like the farmer then xxxxxx send with the first occasion up that you want to rent it the time saddens me that you are away so long had I thought that milord would be underway so long then you would not have left so soon but I hope the Lord will comfort me our Hanna kisses me many times for her father dear

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here there came such heavy snow that our trip is off to go to Taogkanick I fear for a long winter and there is little feed so that probably many animals will xxx starve I don’t want to hear that Gert Teunesse now also is leaving the road is now so bad that it is impassible I put a letter to you in the bundle which I will give with Henderick Hanse here is no news but trouble in the community against them who have the patent they wanted to give Hansoom a farm in the makuaes land so Hansoom would not be against it but said that he does not care to have it and hopes that they will never in their lives possess a foot thereof and said the king thinks that he has Five Nations and now has only 4 instead of sending around everywhere to reattract the indians they are chasing them away and the indians say that if it takes place they then want to go and live to Kanneda

Our family is still healthy and Syan (Jean) writes in the proposal book I am becoming quite uncomfortable and send in the springtime at the first chance the brown chest and 3 ell.............(kaplieryersoleen up with the first yacht and a small piece fine white band of hemp with this break off and commend you into the protection of the Most Highest

Your loving wife
Alida Livinghston