1717 May 3

Dear husband

I hope that this will find you good health I have sent you the return in which is the receipt from Kollens with Harpert Japickse and Philip your son has the other one along to send off I do not believe there will be an obstruction there were certainly 45 freeholders whom live on our land besides all the others who came to eat and drink and were so many as the freeholders I have taken over a small barrel of sugar from Kornelis Schermerhoorn which he had from Mr. Vernoo (?) for 35 sh the hundred you can put it on our account in Vernoo’s book send up ½ a bale of cotton which I can have spun now Pieter Vosburgh asks for you to send up 2 Senecas and a (barber’s) strap about a finger wide and a foot long xxxx buy for Pieter Vosburgh he sent word to work here in 16 days and still do not have any wood from the chips/out of the woods the hands are all tied up here nearly do not know what to do first with all the rainy weather our cart is impeded goes now to Taghkanick to bring Japick Koens and his brother to Pochkenekook to fetch oats from Tachkan and to bring the ironwork for a new wagon Katerickseet is here and fears for his life and his brother’s life because of the Indian Ghysbert has I wished that Jan Kneel would come here but won’t listen to sell it Machiel is creating a lot of havoc and has destroyed the two little houses so they want to come back just now comes Nanningh’s yacht and receive your letter I am surprised that you did not write send this in the notebook/writing as well as the return for the taylor was 8 days up here when Philip was here his horse was lame I asked if that should not go along they said “no” I have trouble enough here
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with my sick body with all things with Minck’s packages and the barrels of Trebie’s too small so we had to pack the flour again in other barrels f rom Ghert otherwise I have not had any barrels our yacht is ready indeed nor can I get any people Kilyaen has a sore leg so it can’t go any other way I think you will be seated eventually the Lord I hope will arrange things for the best the parchment signed by the two constables goes herewith
Your loving wife
Alida Livinghston
in the manor of Livinghston