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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.00643 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [028] 1701 |
| Title | John Livingston to Robert Livingston asking his father for business advice |
| Date | 7 October 1701 |
| Author | Livingston, John (1680-1720) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | John writes of his "bisenes faling out so unhapeley" that he is presently leaving New York for New London with £350 "worth in goods fitt for that Countrey." He also writes that Lord Cornbury, the newly appointed Governor for New York, had set sail from England on 25 August and would hopefully arrive soon "to Releve us of Some Meserey." Docketed on address leaf. |
| Subjects | Finance Merchants and Trade Commerce Government and Civics Global History and Civics Immigration and Migration Travel |
| People | Livingston, John (1680-1720) Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |