Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 to the Governor, Council, and Representatives of Connecticut re: Jacob Leisler

GLC03107.02031

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GLC#
GLC03107.02031-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1690/05/09
Author/Creator
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Title
to the Governor, Council, and Representatives of Connecticut re: Jacob Leisler
Place Written
Hartford, Connecticut
Pagination
3p. : docket : Height: 28.6 cm, Width: 18 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

Livingston thanks the Governor and Council of Connecticut for considering some earlier propositions, and also wishes to give them an update of affairs in Albany since Jacob Leisler took over. He explains that many are starving and oppressed in Albany, and the situation with the French and Indians has worsened. The people of Albany are awaiting the arrival of a Governor from England, but Livingston asks if the united colonies may in the mean time appoint a general to head Albany, as Leisler has only wrought further disruption.

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