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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.02088 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [034] 1707-1709 |
| Title | Dispatch of Indians to Quebec and Montreal |
| Date | 11 May 1709 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Renselaer and Livingston send one pair of Indians to Quebec and another pair to Montreal, and order them to make what discoveries they can and to follow the instructions of Col. Vetch and Col. Nicholson. Page 2 contains the instructions of Vetch and Nicholson, which ask the Indians to take exact notice of the amount of troops and provisions at Quebec and Montreal, and if any additional forts have been built. They also ask that the Indians sent to Quebec find out if there is a stone wall around the city, the number of guns mounted, and when they expect a fleet from France. |
| Subjects | Military Supplies Military Provisions Fortification Artillery Navy American Indian History Military History Government and Civics Canada France Spying Global History and Civics |
| People | Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) Renselaer, K. V. (fl. 1709) |
| Place written | Albany, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |