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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.00282 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [021] 1695 |
| Title | Petition re: reimbursement of 15 barrels of Powder |
| Date | 13 February 1695 |
| Author | Peyster, Abraham de (ca. d. 1768) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | 15 Barrels of Gunpowder owned by de Peyster, while stored in the New York City magazine, were requisitioned by Jacob Leisler during his tenure at the head of the Provincial Government and never returned. De Peyster petitioned the Council in London for a reimbursement of the fifteen barrels, which was certified by John Nicholas and the petition verified by Governor Benjamin Fletcher (who pled that due to the on-going King William's War, reimbursing de Peyster would be contrary to the well being of the colony). |
| Subjects | Finance Government and Civics Merchants and Trade Commerce Rebellion Ammunition Petition |
| People | Peyster, Abraham de (ca. d. 1768) |
| Place written | Kensington, England |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |