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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.02008
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [013] 1687 
Title The Governor and Council of New York to the Mayor and Aldermen of Albany regarding a settlement at Catskill for the winter
Date 9 September 1687
Author Governor and Council of New York  
Recipient Mayor and Aldermen of Albany  
Content Description The document orders that the Five Nations bring their women, children, and old men to Catskill on Robert Livingston's land for the winter, where they will receive any assistance they may need. It also requests that they bring as much corn and provisions as possible. Bears the signature of John Knight.
Subjects Government and Civics  Immigration and Migration  American Indian History  Women's History  Children and Family  Diet and Nutrition  Diplomacy  Land Transaction  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Government & Politics; Native Americans; Women in American History; Children & Family
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859