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1673
Livingston, Robert
Journal of Robert Livingston's voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
Handwritten journal detailing Robert Livingston's "Voyage Comeing Over" from Grenock, Scotland to Charlestown in New England in America. .
GLC03107.00005
1696/02/07
Livingston, Robert, et al
Indenture between Livingston, William Kidd and Richard Blackham re: privateering
Indenture for one-fifteenth of the share of "goods m[er]chandizes or . . . other thiungs of value" amassed by Captain Kidd and his crew of the Adventure Galley, in their privateering efforts in the Red Sea. Detailed to seek the pirates who preyed...
GLC03107.00239
1699/02/05
Hunt, Daniel (fl. 1698-1699)
to Robert Livingston re: news of the fleet, reports from England
Hunt writes of news from England and the fleet out at sea, claiming that Captain Kidd may be sent home. He mentions the naval action in conjunction with the Scots at Caladonia, and also enslaved people from Algeria. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.00476
1699/02/22
Riggs, John
to Robert Livingston re: arrest of Capt. Kidd
Riggs informs Livingston that a ship has come for Capt. Kidd and the other pirates, and expresses concern that this may cause them to lose some money. Also states that a Mr. We[iver] has been impeached before the House of Commons, and speaks of a...
GLC03107.00479
1700/06/09
to Robert Livingston re: the trial of Captain Kidd
Riggs writes discussing the trial of Captain William Kidd. According to Riggs, Kidd was being held at Bristol, and would be held until the next session of Parliament, the soonest time possible for Kidd to be tried or pardoned. Also, Riggs writes of...
GLC03107.00569
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