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Gilbert Livingston papers, 1711-1862, 1760-1806

Title: Gilbert Livingston papers 1711-1862 1760-1806

Gilbert Livingston (1742-1806) was a lawyer and legislator in New York State. He was a member of New York's Provincial Convention, 1775-1777; a delegate to the state's convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788; and a member of the New York Assembly, representing Dutchess County, 1777-1778 and 1788-1789. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and land papers of Livingston, members of his family and his law clients; notes; and county records. Correspondence, 1742-1836, concerns legal, real estate, financial, and personal matters. Accounts, 1730-1840; legal documents, 1717-1862; and land papers, 1738-1813, similarly document the affairs of Livingston, his family and clients. Also included are notes on the debates held at the New York Constitutional Convention in 1788; and Dutchess County church, school and public records.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (12 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1781 View

Livingston, La Rhett L., 1831-1903. Letters : to James G. Livingston, Lewis, N. Y., 1854 May 2-1855 May 15.

Title: Letters : to James G. Livingston, Lewis, N. Y., 1854 May 2-1855 May 15.

Fourteen ALS written by Livingston to his father, James G. Livingston, during the expedition of the 3rd Artillery to California, describing his departure from New York, the march from Fort Leavenworth through Kansas, Nebraska, and Utah, and encampment in Salt Lake City. Livingston discusses his opinions on Army operations in Indian Territory, relates news of the deaths of Lieutenant John L. Grattan and his command at Fort Laramie, and describes buffalo hunting, the effects of cholera, and other incidents of the march. In letters written from winter encampment in Salt Lake City, Livingston discusses the Army's plans to avenge the death of Captain J. W. Gunnison at the hands of Mormons and American Indians, and he describes his impressions of Salt Lake City, Mormonism, and relations between Mormons and United States soldiers. The letters are bound with typed transcriptions; accompanied by a carte-de-visite photograph in case of Livingston. Laid in is a clipping from Army and Navy Journal, undated, of an obituary for Livingston, written by Colonel Horatio G. Gibson.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 45 p.; in 2 boxes) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150109 View

Crannell, Bartholomew. Lease to Barent Van Kleek, 1762 December 20.

Title: Lease to Barent Van Kleek, 1762 December 20.

A lease for a track of land in Dutchess County, N.Y. between Bartholomew Crannell, Leonard Van Kleek, James G. Livingston and Zaccheus Newcomb as executors of the estate of John Maxfield and Barent Van Kleek. The lease describes the measurements of the land and the terms of payment of the lease.

ArchivalResource: 3 pages, 8 1/2"x14".

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122582869 View

Livingston, Gilbert, 1742-1806. Gilbert Livingston papers, 1711-1862, bulk (1760-1806).

Title: Gilbert Livingston papers, 1711-1862, bulk (1760-1806).

Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and land papers of Livingston, members of his family and his law clients; notes; and county records.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (12 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122364021 View

Livingston, La Rhett L., 1831-1903. Letters : to James G. Livingston, Lewis, N. Y., 1854 May 2-1855 May 15.

Title: Letters : to James G. Livingston, Lewis, N. Y., 1854 May 2-1855 May 15.

Fourteen ALS written by Livingston to his father, James G. Livingston, during the expedition of the 3rd Artillery to California, describing his departure from New York, the march from Fort Leavenworth through Kansas, Nebraska, and Utah, and encampment in Salt Lake City. Livingston discusses his opinions on Army operations in Indian Territory, relates news of the deaths of Lieutenant John L. Grattan and his command at Fort Laramie, and describes buffalo hunting, the effects of cholera, and other incidents of the march. In letters written from winter encampment in Salt Lake City, Livingston discusses the Army's plans to avenge the death of Captain J. W. Gunnison at the hands of Mormons and American Indians, and he describes his impressions of Salt Lake City, Mormonism, and relations between Mormons and United States soldiers. The letters are bound with typed transcriptions; accompanied by a carte-de-visite photograph in case of Livingston. Laid in is a clipping from Army and Navy Journal, undated, of an obituary for Livingston, written by Colonel Horatio G. Gibson.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 45 p.) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81257852 View