(Livingston Manor, June 7, 1722;
received by Robert in New York: June 12)

In the Manor of Livinghston.


This one is going with Pieter Winne. And with Johannes van Alle1) [I] have sent you 5 kegs of butter, and 5 with Harpert. I hope this has come to hand well. And [I] will try and get as much as I can but butter is scarce. I will2) have about 22 fat beasts.
Alida Veets is very distressed. I think there’s something going on between her and Captain Waldron. I hope it may not be true but usually bad news is true. I hear what Naetye thinks cousin Veets has said about the negress. Bradis said that the negress said she was always ill and [he] asked Veets about that. And she sent for the negress and [he] said he wanted to buy her; and she praised her, but the negress said she did not want to be sold and said what illness she had.
I hope Gysbert will come to an agreement with his creditors and make a fresh start in this world.
Grain is 6 gu.3) and [I] cannot get it for less. I will have your linen washed and have most of the goods from the yacht.
Your Beloved Wife
Alida Livinghston.
1722, June 7.

Notes:
1) Spelled “Ale” in Robert’s letters.
2) Alida writes: “Ick heb…hebben” = “I have have”, obviously a slip of the pen. I think she intends to write either “Ick sal…hebben” = “I will have” or “Ick wil…hebben” = “I want to have”.
3) “gu.” = “gulden” (both singular and plural).