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1704/09/29

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document signed

Title: Memorial to Sidney Godolphin re: repayment of entire salary

Having seen drafts made out totalling £123 of the £875 total amount owed, Livingston petitions for repayment of the entire amount without any further delay.

GLC03107.00724

1704/10/12

Livingston, Robert

Autograph document signed

Title: to Lord Treasurer re: difficulties in returning to New York with money

Discussion of the hardships endured by Livingston in attempting to return to New York with reimbursed funds. He mentions how two ships carrying part of his money failed to reach New York (one was boarded by the French while the other was lost at sea) and writes of his fears of a debtors prison should he return without any of the funds. Docketed on recto.

GLC03107.00725

1704/10/12

Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Sidney Godolphin re: difficulties of returning home with money

Copy of p.1 of GLC 3107.01.00725. Discusses inability to be paid salary for Secretary of Indian Affairs position without difficulties (dangerous voyages, bureaucratic entanglements, French privateers).

GLC03107.00726

1704/11/23

Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)

Manuscript document signed

Title: Memorial to Sidney Godolphin re: repayment of Livingston's salary

Petition addressed to Lord Treasurer, Sidney Godolphin in which Livingston explains that his post as Secretary of Indian Affairs is a military and not a civil post, thus making it legally sound to pay his salary out of the military fund.

GLC03107.00727

1704/12/13

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document

Title: to Comptrollers of the Army re: appeal for assistance

Petition requesting aid in his appeal to Lord Godolphin. Stating his case for the Comptrollers, Livingston requests that they forward recommendations (in his favor) to the Lord Treasurer.

GLC03107.00728

1704/12/13

Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Comptrollers of the Army re: appeal for aid

Livingston requests that the Comptrollers of the Army represent to the Lord of the Treasury his case regarding repayment of his salary as Secretary of Indian Affairs.

GLC03107.00729

1704/12/13

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Comptrollers of the Army re: appeal for assistance

Copy of GLC 3107.01.00728 and 00729. States his case requesting reimbursement of funds for victualling and requests a corrobating letter to be forwarded to the Lord Treasurer. P.2 is a copy of GLC 3107.01.00733, a note from Joseph Tredenham and Arthur Moore, affirming that Livingston has not yet been compensated for victualling troops.

GLC03107.00735

[1704]

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Sydney Lord Godolphin, Treasurer re: reimbursment of funds for victualling

Livingston petitioned Sydney Godolphin, Lord high Treasurer of England, to be reimbursed for the victualling of "2 of the Established Companys at New York for four months," from 25 December 1699 to 24 April 1700. On p.2 Livingston enumerates a list of proofs for his claims and refers to government reports to account for the interest he has charged.

GLC03107.00518

1705/01/03

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document

Title: to Commissioners of Trade and Plantations re: petition for money

Livingston requests that the Commission for Trade and Plantations recommend him favorably to the Queen and aid in the recovery of his unpaid salary.

GLC03107.00731

1705/01/04

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Sidney Godolphin re: petition for reimbursment of victualling money

Request to be repaid for the victualling of two companies of troops in New York for four months, including interest.

GLC03107.00732

1705/01/04

Tredenham, Joseph, et al

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Sidney Godolphin re: Livingston's claim of victualled companies

At the request of Robert Livingston, Joseph Tredenham and Arthur Moore, Comptrollers of the Army, afirm that Livingston was never compensated for the money he spent victually troops becasue muster reports were never produced.

GLC03107.00733

1705/01/04

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Sidney Godolphin re: petition for reimbursment of victualling money

Copy of GLC 3107.01.00731. Discusses newest efforts to gain support of Commissioners of Trade and Plantations in effort to gain £875 owed in back salary.

GLC03107.00734

1705/01/10

Commission on Trade and Plantations

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Queen Anne re: Petition on behalf of Robert Livingston

The committee agrees that Coll. Fletcher suspended Livingston from his post as Secretary of Indian Affairs without just cause, and that since Livingston continued to fulfill the duties of this position, he is owed a salary from the British government.

GLC03107.00736

170[4]/01/11

Povey, John

Manuscript document signed

Title: Reinstatement of Livingston as Secretary for Indian Affairs

Findings of the Lords of Trade and Plantations that Robert Livingston be reinstated as "Secretary for ye Indian affairs with his Salary of one hundred pounds Sterling per annum," supplemented with Queen Anne's orders that "the Governor or Commander in Chieff of her Majesties Province of New York for ye time being, is to give ye necessary Directions for Restoring and Readmitting the Petr into his office without further Delay."

GLC03107.00702

170[4]/01/11

Povey, John

Manuscript document signed

Title: Reinstatement of Livingston as Secretary for Indian Affairs [copy]

Findings of the Lords of Trade and Plantations, supplemented with Queen Anne's orders that "the Governor or Commander in Chieff of her Majesties Province of New York for ye time being, is to give ye necessary Directions for Restoring and Readmitting the Petr into his office without further Delay."

GLC03107.00703

1705/01/12

Unknown

Manuscript document

Title: Tax list for Schenectady [in Dutch]

GLC03107.04889

1705/01/19

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document

Title: to Sidney Godolphin re: reimbursment of victualling money

Petition to the Lord Treasurer requesting an audit of all "proofs & vouchers" regarding the victualling of two companies for four months, so as to allow Livingston to be paid.

GLC03107.00737

23 January 1705

Dudley, Joseph (1647-1720)

Header Record

Title: Testimony rearding an altercation between John Winchester, Jr., Thomas Trowbridge and the Royal Governor of Massachusetts Joseph Dudley. [decimalized .01 -.02]

Two documents concerning an altercation between two carters John Winchester, Jr. and Thomas Trowbridge and the Royal Governor of Massachusetts Joseph Dudley.

GLC00461

23 January 1705

Trowbridge, Thomas

Document signed

Title: I Thomas Trowbridg of Newtown being upon the seventh day of December 1705 upon the road leading to Boston.

Also signed by John Winchester, Jr. Trowbridge and Winchester had been accused by Royal Governor of Massachusetts Joseph Dudley of attacking him, and he had pressed charges. The two carters deny the charges and say that Dudley was the aggressor. The men were discharged 6 November 1706.

GLC00461.02

1705/02

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Sidney Godolphin re: reimbursment of victualling money

P.1 is a copy of GLC 3107.01.00737. Petition requesting audit of evidence presented by Livingston in his request for reimbursment. Pages 2 and 3 contain an itemized list of 8 pieces of evidence substantiating Livingston's claim. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.00738

170[4]/03/16

Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)

Manuscript document signed

Title: Livingston's Petition to Lord high Treasurer Sidney L Godolphin

Livingston petitions for the issuance of "nine years Salary" as Secretary of Indian affairs in an effort to continue to victual the forces at Albany.

GLC03107.00704

1705/03/16

Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Sidney Godolphin re: request for payment

Petition for nine years salary as Secretary for Indian Affairs, as having been reinstated by Queen Anne.

GLC03107.00739

1705/05/03

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document

Title: to Sir Charles Hedges re: request for commission

Request that the Secretary of State aid Livingston in his request for a new Royal Commission for his numerous positions, as the previous Commission lapsed with the death of William III.

GLC03107.00742

1705/05/03

Livingston, Robert

Manuscript document

Title: to Sir Charles Hedges re: request for commission

Draft of GLC 3107.01.00742, requesting new Royal Commission.

GLC03107.00743

1705/05/15

Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)

Manuscript document

Title: Petition to Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State

Livingston requests a new commission for serving the offices of Secretary of Indian Affairs, Receiver of the Quit Rents, Town Clerk, Clerk of the Peace, and Clerk of the Common Pleas. He also asks for his salary as Secretary of Indian Affairs, which has not been paid since 8 March 1702.

GLC03107.02082

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