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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.00655 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [028] 1701 |
| Title | William Sharpas to Robert Livingston regarding news of the wars of Europe |
| Date | 24 November 1701 |
| Author | Sharpas, William (fl. 1696-1711) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Sharpas writes first of Lord Cornbury's impending arrival in New York, with his retinue including his wife and children, Mr. Honan his private secretary, and Coll Richard Ingoldsby. He then writes of the war which was ongoing in Europe, in which King William travelled to Holland with an army, the Swedish army (led by the young Swede king) defeated the Saxon army near Riga, and a rout of the French by the Italians (in which 13,000 Frenchmen were killed and "54 pieces of Cannon" were taken). |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Military History Government and Civics Children and Family Travel France Battle Artillery |
| People | Sharpas, William (fl. 1696-1711) Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |