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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.02870 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [070] 1752-1754 |
| Title | Testimony regarding the Livingston's rights to Taghkanic and the Manor |
| Date | 23 August 1753 |
| Author | Decker, Jacob (fl. 1753) |
| Additional authors | Forder, James (fl. 1753) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | In the trial of Robert and Johannis Van Deusen v. Josiah Loomis, Jacob Decker and James Forder state that "Josiah Loomis told these Deponents that he had agreed with Robert Livingston Junr Esquire to plant Indian Corne on a Farm at Taghknaick for the Support of his family but that he the said Loomis was by the said Agreement not to plan the said farm in the ensuing Fall for the sewing of wheat but to leave the said Farm as soon as the said Robert Livingston Junr should order him so to do." |
| Subjects | American Indian History Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Wheat Diet and Nutrition Boundary or Property Dispute Law Landlord and Tenant |
| People | Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) van Deusen, Johannis (1729-1803) van Deusen, Robert (1700-1777) Loomis, Josiah (1708-1800) |
| Place written | Albany, New York |
| Theme | Law; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |