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Description
Eliza wrote to her sister, Susan, addressed to Philadelphia. Notable quotes "The mutiny of the Pennsylvania soldiers has made Susan uneasy and wonders if the unfortunate affair may deter the General." Eliza mentions a mutiny of Pennsylvania soldiers and that "this part of the country has been in great confusion, the soldiery have committed some acts most inhumanly horrid, but that is what happens when such a body is left to do what their unruly passions dictate." Names included: Col. Menges, Mr. Maylan, Peggy, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. Bland. Eliza was expecting gloves from Susan but didn't receive any.
Author/Creator
Elizabeth "Eliza" Livingston, later Elizabeth "Eliza" Otto (1761-1787)
Recipient
Susan Livingston, later Susan Kean and Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)
Creation Date
12-4-1781
Document Type
Manuscript
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 1
Recommended Citation
Livingston, Elizabeth. Eliza Livingston to Susan Livingston. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archives, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1780s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1780s/8
Rights
This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.
Publishing Repository
Special Collections Research Library and Archives, Kean University
Collection
The Liberty Hall Collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and other manuscript material of the Livingston and Kean families, dated from 1739-1847. The bulk of the collection is related to Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz (1759-1833). The Livingston and Kean families frequently corresponded and held accounts with other wealthy, prominent, colonial and early American families in New Jersey, especially Elizabethtown, Philadelphia, New York City, upstate New York, England, France, and Poland. A small portion of the collection includes correspondence with early Virginia families, unrelated to the Livingston and Kean families. The collection includes second hand accounts of enslaved people who were owned by the Kean and other families, offering a glimpse into their forced work and places of residence.