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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.03573
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [089] 1785 
Title Peter Robert Livingston to Robert Livingston re: application for assistance
Date 3 January 1785
Author Livingston, Peter Robert (1737-1794)  
Recipient Livingston, Robert  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description Peter Robert writes that the sheriff will arrive tomorrow to arrest him if he does not pay an overdue debt to Mr. Robinson. He pleas with his father one last time to send up the money to settle the affair, and notes: "This has been an unfortunate affair as all this money & all the distress it has occasioned, is to pay a debt that has been of no use to me."
Subjects Children and Family  Finance  Debt  Law  
People Livingston, Robert (1708-1790)  
Place written Manor of Livingston, New York
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Children & Family; Law
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859