Kingston December 3, 1711

My Dear

I arrived here on november 27 and with great fortune got the yacht safely in the kill at Chambers’ mill with the other yacht we have around 6000 lb. bread in and the remainder of the cargo is salt fish for the Palatines I sent a man today to Jan Woods and the kill is strong there so they will construct a bell (?) to carry the bread and fish to Mr. Baggs, and then can go to Catskill to cross over for here the ice drifts back and forth
I have paid all the merchants at New York and with bills of exchange from Mr. Clark and have given them a receipt that I have received so many goods on account of the Palatines, so that we have been paid 600 lbs. far over and above the bread and beer that is to say in goods and what we deliver next has to be money, have only been able to get 200 lb in money with which I have paid all the Cliek (?) debts and the wheat from the
Can kal (?) Mr. Salisbery and Catrina van Hoese, to ....... (Resteeser ?) Jameson .... (ment?) and uncle Staets for that we have to go up.
I have to xxxxxxxx provide beer and bread as before but do not commit xuntil the farmers can bring wheat, they expect 3 ships in which there is a great deal oof goods then they will get money
I long strongly to be home, this is all from
your loving husband
Rt. Livingston
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Try to buy as much lean as youx can for the Palatines at Tapan at 3 qt the bushel I will have from Mr. Salisbery