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Liberty Hall Collection 1760s

 
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  • Livingston and All Received form Executors of Robert Hunter Morris, July 26, 1768 by Peter Van Brugh Livingston

    Livingston and All Received form Executors of Robert Hunter Morris, July 26, 1768

    Peter Van Brugh Livingston

    07-26-1768

    A land and financial legal document, by executors Richard Morris and David Ogden, for Robert Hunter Morris, deceased, was for the land and inheritance in Monmouth County, NJ. It was related to James Alexander. The indenture was signed by Peter Van Brugh Livingston, M. Stevens, Walter Rutherford, and John Reid, and witnessed by Richard Hatfield andAbraham Skinner.

  • Peter Van Brugh Livingston with Samuel Nuttman, October 16, 1765 by Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Samuel Nuttman

    Peter Van Brugh Livingston with Samuel Nuttman, October 16, 1765

    Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Samuel Nuttman

    10-16-1765

    Peter Van Brugh Livingston sold Samuel Nuttman lands near Wold Harbour, at the price decided by David Ogden. It was witnessed by James Nuttman. The verso noted that parts were sold by Ogden and Alexand [Alexander].

  • Peter Van Brugh Livingston and J. Stevens, Wolf Harbor, October 29, 1764 by Peter Van Brugh Livingston

    Peter Van Brugh Livingston and J. Stevens, Wolf Harbor, October 29, 1764

    Peter Van Brugh Livingston

    circa 1764

    There are two hand-drawn surveys of land along the edge of Wolf Harbor swamp, in present-day Newark. The land was owned by Peter Van Brugh Livingston and John Stevens. A document is labeled Memorandum of Lands at Wolf Harbor - Raway [Rahway] River and Salt Meadow, October 29, 1964. Another is labeled Lands Near Newark and a Track on Raway [Rahway] River Belonging half to Peter V. Livingston and the other half to John Stevens, N. 36. All the documents are related to Wolf Harbor, but it's not known if they were created at the same time. Documents include the acreage and location of nearby landowners.

    Names included: Judah Pennington, Jason Johnson, Jasper Crane, Mr. Bratten, James Brown, John Ward, Samuel Pennington, Samuel Tomkin, Jean Treat, John Wall, John Stevens, John Baldwin, Tomkins David Smith and his sister, Issac Lyon, Benjamin Co. and Samuel Allen, David Ogden, Jonathan Crane, Samuel Nutman, John Lyon, Mr. Alexander, Solomon Crane, Harrison, Lewis Ashfield, and James Nutman.

  • William Livingston with William Earle of Stirling, March 22, 1764 by William Livingston and William Alexander

    William Livingston with William Earle of Stirling, March 22, 1764

    William Livingston and William Alexander

    03-22-1764

    This legal document, between William Livingston of New York City and William, Earle of Sterling (aka William Alexander, Lord Sterling), for land in the Orange County, NY, called Cheescocks. Names included: Anne Bridges, Henry Ten Eyck, Dirk Vanderburgh, John Cholwell, Christopher Denne, Major Lancaster Syms, and John Merit, as well as surveyor Charles Clinton. The indenture was signed by William Livingston ("Governor of New Jersey" written later in pencil) and was signed in the presence of Evert Bancker Jr. and Gerard Bancker.

  • Pat Henry to George Thomas, October 10, 1763 by Pat Henry

    Pat Henry to George Thomas, October 10, 1763

    Pat Henry

    1763-10-10

    Pat Henry wrote to George Thomas, unaddressed. Pat Henry asked George Thomas to let the bearer have two hundred nails.

  • Legal Indenture Regarding Peter Van Brugh Livingston and His Wife, Mary Alexander, and, Robert Livingston, July 8, 1763 by Peter Van Brugh Livingston

    Legal Indenture Regarding Peter Van Brugh Livingston and His Wife, Mary Alexander, and, Robert Livingston, July 8, 1763

    Peter Van Brugh Livingston

    07-08-1763

    This legal document concerned a payment from Peter Van Brugh Livingston to Robert Livingston. It also concerned the will of Mary's father, James Alexander. He left her and her husband 1/6th payment of his lands, tenements, hereditaments, and real estate. The document outlined what would happen if Mary or Peter died first. It was signed by Peter Van Brugh Livingston in the presence of John V.D. Spiegel and Nicholas C. Bogart.

  • Cadwallader Colden Jr. to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, August 28, 1760 by Cadwallader Colden Jr.

    Cadwallader Colden Jr. to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, August 28, 1760

    Cadwallader Colden Jr.

    08-28-1760

    Cadwallader Colden Jr., addressed from Coldenham, an Estate along the Hudson, wrote to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, addressed to Merchant at New York. He explained that his brother, David Colden paid Mr. Alexander. He was afraid to go to town because of smallpox.

  • William Dabney to G. Marchant, April 1, 1760 by William Dabney

    William Dabney to G. Marchant, April 1, 1760

    William Dabney

    1760-04-01

    William Dabney wrote to G. Marchant, unaddressed. Dabney asked Marchant to let the barer have brown linen and a quarter pound of thread and to charge it to his account.

  • French & Blake to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, September 23, 1760 by French & Blake

    French & Blake to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, September 23, 1760

    French & Blake

    09-23-1760

    French & Blake, of Madiera Island, wrote to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, no address. They informed Peter that Martha Captain Hunter was taken by a French Privateer. They asked if the boat was insured. French and Blake sold Madeira wine and hoped for future orders.

    Names included: Snow Industry James Carman Master, Captain Carinan, Captain Elliot, and Francis Lewis & Company.

 
 
 

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