1717 Oct. 29

Dear husband
I have received your 3 letters with Broek and the oysters and am sad that you have had such a .....(..inking?) on your teeth and am glad that it is over with now concerning Robbert and marriage that is fine but that he thinks to move into the house that is what Marghr did instead of which they should have rented it and with less assistance/help it would have been better for them his mother-in-law lives in a good house and has a big house in which her sister lives then they can move in there Margrietje has to have the house as the debt has been paid for which Arentoom is guarantor and the debt from/to Petrie which we paid allow mr. Sinnenson to remain/stay if he wants to as concerns the patron is now as far as if he had a new patent for he says Wawenachquasick has not been .......so we will be pestered again or it has to be written in his new patent that he leaves that area north of Kinderhoek as you write Koen is now to New York we have to secure for ourselves so that we will no longer be tormented it is now time that you get an end to it since he now
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obtains a new patent and Wawenachqusick is the place which should separate you that it/you then goes the way the patent goes I would regret it immensely if he would encroach on us and triumph over us our Naetje should go here for her hem for that should be changed Miss Beekmans promised (her/the rent?) comes in slowly I am very glad that you got your bond returned from Bicklie Ghijsbert also should see to it that you get your bond returned as soon as he is able I hope that the assembly will allow the bill and account then with mr. Sinmeson as you have accorded about your debt of/xto your cousin in England that we will be rid of that our Naetje send many greetings we can not find that paper about which you write



in the manor of Livinghston
1717 October 29
your loving wife
Alida Livinghston

I have had 26 animals driven up and have let them go for 14 and 15 pieces of eight for the animals are cheap/a good buy
have a winter frock made and then you can send the old one with our yacht if you can not come yourself
can not send your......(fackelin??) now