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14 April 1712
Borland, John (1660-1727)
to Philip Livingston
Borland writes that he is saddened by news of a "such a villannous Murther by ye Negros and Indians att York." Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.02402
1745/05/15
Livingston, Philip
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: sending down a slave
Philip writes that he has sent down an enslaved person, and advises Robert, Jr. to either sell him, send him to Madiera, or to put him on a vessel if he can.
GLC03107.02714
02 February 1715
Livingston, Robert
"Leendert Conyn & Kiliaen Winne's oath about the Examination. . .
. . .of Joh: Dykemans negro." Both of the oaths attest to the statement made by an enslaved person of Dykeman's that he did not help another enslaved person named Tom commit murder against his master. The statements are signed by Robert Livingston...
GLC03107.01103
26 April 1708
Leathes, William (fl. 1708)
[Last will and testament freeing a slave]
"In the name of God Amen I William Leaths of the City and province of New York Sadler being very Sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory...ordaine this my last Will and Testament...I give & bequeath unto my Servant Wan the Spanish Indian...
GLC09102
1712/08/23
Livingston, Gilbert
to Robert Livingston re: request to purchase a slave
Gilbert discusses some matters regarding trade, and then asks that his father purchase him an enslaved person.
GLC03107.00937
14 September 1699
Cotton, John (1640-1699)
to Joseph Lord
Cotton writes from Charleston, South Carolina, where he had been called in 1698, to Joseph Lord, a minister at Dorchester, South Carolina. Lord had sailed to South Carolina with Cotton in November 1698. Speaks of mutual acquaintances in Charleston...
GLC05508.002
1713
Great Britain. Treaties
The Assiento...for allowing to...Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes
Printed by John Baskett. Missing 1/3 permission leaf. The Assiento Treaty between England and Spain. Spain granted England an official monopoly to supply slaves from Africa to the Spanish New World. Signed on 25 March 1713.
GLC03985.05
9 Januray 1747
Toby, Hannah
[Indenture apprenticing Javin Toby to John Steadman]
Singed by Toby with an X, also signed by Samuel Swift and Thomas Hazard, both Justices of the Peace. States that "Hannah Toby Indian Woman" has indentured her son "Javin Toby a Molatto" to John Steadman and his wife for fifteen years and five months...
GLC03002.01
October 1725
Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)
Prices of imports from the West Indies
Lists prices of West Indian and African enslaved people, rum, sugar, molasses, and other items.
GLC03107.01732
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