1717 May 5

Dear Husband

This one goes with Frans Winne I hope you are now at ease and that you won’t have obstruction anymore I hear that you represent Ghaesbeek I hope you will send the yacht back at the first opportunity to fetch the boards I am afraid that the yacht will carry away the boards then we can’t do a thing I have Rosman and his people working with our people cutting wood at the saw mill we have so much rain here that we can’t carry on because the land is so wet we need leather please send Robbert’s and your shoes that you don’t x wear our people are walking around without shoes with this be commended to the Lord
Your loving wife
` Alida Livinghston

I have sent with our yacht 12 barrels of flour and kernel I am surprised that you sell the flour before it is there I am at the last barrel of rum
A piece white bay of pernieston the Indians come around for that a lot
½ red ½ blue strowaters
Leend Lawies has told the people in Pakeesum that you did very poorly with the assessors (?) and say that you won’t sit in the assembly and Japick Rutsen and he will have to say a whole lot in order to keep you out which seems unbelievable