Livingston family papers, 1787-1915

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Series I: Letters



Box 11 Folder 1 Robert Livingston to Alice Livingston, 17, July 1787



Box 1 Folder 2 Samuel Seabury (Bishop of Conn.) to John Moore, 19, February1788


Box 1 Folder 3 Robert Livingston to Wm. H. Ludlow, 13 February1974 New York, February1974


Box 1 Folder 4 Charles Swift to Wm. H. Ludlow, 11 September 1794 New York, September 1794


Box 1 Folder 5 Charles Swift to Wm. H. Ludlow, 20 September 1784 New York., September 1784


Box 1 Folder 6 Alice Livingston to David Lawrence, 10 November 1794 New York, November 1794


Box 1 Folder 7 Alice Livingston to Wm. H. Ludlow, 10 November 1784 New York, November 1784


Box 1 Folder 8 Alice Livingston to Wm. H. Ludlow?, 8 December 1794 New York., December 1794


Box 1 Folder 9 Alice Livingston to Wm. H. Ludlow, 2l April 1795 New York., April 1795


Box 1 Folder 10 Charles Swift to Wm. H. Ludlow, 22 June 1795 New York, June 1795


Box 1 Folder 11 Alice Livingston to Wm. H. Ludlow. 10 April 1797 New York, April 1797


Box 1 Folder 12 Maria Church to the Misses Kemp, ca. 1802


Box 1 Folder 13 Jane Kemp to Mrs. Bard, 5 April 1802 Haddiston, April 1802


Box 1 Folder 14 Joaquin J. Garcia to Mrs. Craufurd [sic], 6 March1807 Havana, March1807


Box 1 Folder 15 Wm. & J. Snell to John Swift, 14 March1819 Elklands, March1819


Box 1 Folder 16 Wm. & J. Snell to John [sic] Duane Livingston, 5 August 1819 Elklands, August 1819


Box 1 Folder 17 Wm. & J. Snell to John [sic] Duane Livingston 16 November 1819 Elklands., November 1819


Box 1 Folder 18 James Ecroyd to James Duane Livingston, 21 January (?) 1820Muncey Creek


Box 1 Folder 19 J. & Wm. Snell to James Duane Livingston, 20 March1820 Elklands, March1820


Box 1 Folder 20 James Ecroyd to Thomas Livingston, 7 April 1820 Muncey; 29 April 1820 (forwarded to John S. Livingston), April 1820, April 1820


Box 1 Folder 21 John Snell to James Duane Livingston, 8 May 1820 Elklands, May 1820


Box 1 Folder 22 John Snell to James Duane Livingston, 20 March1821 Elklands, March1821


Box 1 Folder 23 James Duane Livingston to Robert [Livingston?], 5 November 1821 Staatsburgh, November 1821


Box 1 Folder 24 Wm. & J. Snell to James Duane Livingston, 14, February1822


Box 1 Folder 25 Wm. & J. Snell to James Duane Livingston, 30 March1822 Lycoming County, March1822


Box 1 Folder 26 Wm. & J. Snell to James Duane Livingston, l4 August 1822 Lycoming County, August 1822


Box 1 Folder 27 Joseph R. Priestley to James Duane Livingston, 13 January 1823 Northumberland, January 1823


Box 1 Folder 28 Wm. & J. Snell to James Duane Livingston, l4 June 182U, Muncey


Box 1 Folder 29 Wm. & J. Snell to James Duane Livingston, 23 August 1824 Elklands, August 1824


Box 1 Folder 30 James Duane Livingston to Mr. Snell (file copy), 4 /010/1824 Staatsburgh, /010/1824


Box 1 Folder 31 W & J. Snell to James Duane Livingston, 7 November 1824 Elklands, November 1824


Box 1 Folder 32 John S. Livingston to James Duane Livingston, rec'd 22, April 1826


Box 1 Folder 33 Samuel Rogers to James Duane Livingston, 29 November 1827 Muncey, November 1827


Box 1 Folder 34 AL, unsigned. Draft of a letter from John Snell to one of the Livingstons, ca. 1928


Box 1 Folder 35 John Snell to James Duane Livingston, lU January 1828 Elklands, January 1828


Box 1 Folder 36 John Wetherald to James Duane Iivingston, 21 January 1828 Elizabethtown, January 1828


Box 1 Folder 37 Samuel Rogers to James Duane Livingston, 29 January 1828 Muncey, January 1828


Box 1 Folder 38 John Wetherald to James Duane Livingston, 16 February1828 Muncey, February1828


Box 1 Folder 39 [Samuel Rogers] [signer's name lost] to James Duane Livingston, 5 March1828 Muncey, March1828


Box 1 Folder 40 John Wetherald to James Duane Livingston, 11 March1828 Muncey, March1828


Box 1 Folder 41 (2) James Duane Livingston to J. Pumpelly (file copies) 20 August & 3 September, 1828 ) Staatsburgh, September, 1828


Box 1 Folder 42 John Wetherald to James Duane Livingston, 30 January 1829 Muncey, January 1829


Box 1 Folder 43 Sherman Page to James Duane Livingston, 9 May (1829) Unadilla


Box 1 Folder 44 James Duane Livingston to Mr. Pumpelly ( file copy) 24 June 1829 Staatsburgh, June 1829


Box 1 Folder 45 John Wetherald to James Duane Livingston, 6 May 1631 Loyalsock, May 1631


Box 1 Folder 46 A. A. Brown to James Duane Livingston, 3 February1834 Philadelphia., February1834


Box 1 Folder 47 A. A. Brown to James Duane Livingston, 11 February1834 Philadelphia., February1834


Box 1 Folder 48 John Wetherald to James Duane Livingston, 18 November 1835 "Springfield" Loyalsock, November 1835


Box 1 Folder 49 John Wetherald to James Duane Livingston, 23 January 1836 Loyalsock, January 1836


Box 1 Folder 50 John S. Livingston to James [Duane Livingston], 17 February1836 Tivoli, February1836


Box 1 Folder 51 John S. Livingston to James Duane Livingston (plus related doc.) 10 March1836 "Tivoli", March1836


Box 1 Folder 52 Cambridge Livingston to John Wetherald (file copy), 20 November 1843 New York, November 1843


Box 1 Folder 53 Cambridge Livingston to Wm. Johnson (file copy), 20 November 1843 New York, November 1843


Box 1 Folder 54 E. P. Cowles (?) to Charles J. Livingston, 26 April 1847 Hudson, April 1847


Box 1 Folder 55 W. P. En[-] to Charles J. Livingston (plus 2 notes, stock shares) ca.:, 1850


Box 1 Folder 56 Mrs. H. W. Livingston (Angelica Urquhart Livingston) to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Livingston (formal invitation), 20, /010/1851


Box 1 Folder 57 W. C. Moore to Charles J. Livingston, 17 May 1858 New York, May 1858


Box 1 Folder 58 J. B. Merry to Mrs. Thomas H. Merry (his grandmother), 3 August 1858 San Francisco, August 1858


Box 1 Folder 59 J. E. Rockwell to Mrs. Charlotte Livingston, 19 April 1860 San Francisco, April 1860


Box 1 Folder 60 H. W. Norman to Charlotte (Mrs. C. J.) Livingston, London, 1878 March 25


Box 1 Folder 61 Julia C. Stout to Charlotte (Mrs. C. J.) Livingston, 22 January 1881 Paris, January 1881


Box 1 Folder 62 H. W. Norman to Mrs. Livingston, 8 November 1881 London, November 1881


Box 1 Folder 63 Anna Talbot Gherardi to Mrs. Livingston, 27 January 1882 Nice, January 1882


Box 1 Folder 64 Joseph Polchinski to Henry C. Merry, 10 November 1893 Westchester, November 1893


Box 1 Folder 65 William Livingston to Alexander Hamilton, 11 December 1789 New York, December 1789


Box 1 Folder 66 James-Chalmer to Walter Rutherford, 1 November 1796 London, November 1796


Box 1 Folder 67 Alice Swift Livingston to William Ludlow, 27 July 1797 New York, July 1797


Box 1 Folder 68 Ann Robertson to Walter Rutherford, Sent. 1797 Hampstead, Eng., 1797


Box 1 Folder 69 William North to James Morris, 7, March1798 undated, March1798, undated


Box 1 Folder 70 Richard Harrison to James Morris, 24 August 1799 New York, August 1799


Box 1 Folder 71 James Ghalmer to James Morris, 2 Sent. 1801 [London] (with copy of a letter from Chalmer to Morris, 4 August 1801), 1801


Box 1 Folder 72 William Livingston to Noah Wells, 18 January 1747/8, New York


Box 1 Folder 73 William Livingston to Noah Wells, 19 January 1748 (?), New York, January 1748


Box 1 Folder 74 Philip Philip Livingston to William Ward, 21 December 1765 Kingston, Jamaica, December 1765


Box 1 Folder 75 M. Livingston to William Russell, 29 May 1782 Williamsburg, May 1782


Box 1 Folder 76 Robert R. Livingston to George Washington, 25 December 1782 Philadelphia, December 1782


Box 1 Folder 77 Henry Livingston, Jr. to Gilbert Livingston [November 1783]


Box 1 Folder 78 Peter Robert Livingston to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 30 January 1789 Manor Livingston, January 1789


Box 1 Folder 79 Robert R. Livingston to Simeon DeWitt, 6 February1799 Clermont, February1799


Box 1 Folder 80 Philip Livingston to Jacob Read, 23 February1801 New York, February1801


Box 1 Folder 81 Robert R. Livingston to Samuel Latham Mitchil, 12 February1802 Paris, February1802


Box 1 Folder 82 Robert R. Livingston to William Patterson, 20 June 1804 Paris, June 1804


Box 1 Folder 83 Robert R. Livingston to James (?) Greenleaf, 6 November 1807 Clermont, November 1807


Box 1 Folder 84 Robert R. Livingston to Amos Baton, 29 May 1809 Clermont, May 1809


Box 1 Folder 85 M. Livingston (?) to Mary Armstrong, 10 /010/1838Staatsburgh


Box 1 Folder 86 Luigi Palma di Cesnola to William Smith Livingston et al., 21 September 1887 New York, September 1887


Box 1 Folder 87 Arthur w. Spruance to fo8.11iam Smith Livingston, 16 August 1891 Wilmington., August 1891


Box 1 Folder 88 Hugh H. Hamill to Mrs. Augusta Green Blackwell Livingston, 26 January 1892 Trenton, January 1892

Series II: Documents



Box 2 Folder 1 Lease agreement between Robert Livingston and James Van Deusen, 11; Marchl785


Box 2 Folder 2 Willcox Robert C. Livingston, with codicil of 5 August 1791 2 June 1790, August 1791, June 1790


Box 2 Folder 3 Title transfer to Robert Ralston: reference to "Springfield", Loyalsock Creek, Northumberland County, Penn., 30 December l791


Box 2 Folder 4 Will of Robert C. Livingston, 4 August l794


Box 2 Folder 5 Lease agreement between W. Wilson & [---] Livingston: INCOMPLETE, 1797


Box 2 Folder 6 Account. against executors of Robert C. Livingston estate, 1, July 1798


Box 2 Folder 7 Will of John swift (copy); formerly filed with ALS J. J, Garcia, 6 March1801 18 December 1802, March1801, December 1802


Box 2 Folder 8 Survey Plat, subdivision of Livingston Manor, small version, l803. Flat Box 283


Box 2 Folder 9 Survey Plat, subdivision of Livingston Manor, large version, 1801 Flat Box, 1801


Box 2 Folder 10 Survey description of lands in Chemung, Tioga County (now Chemung County), New York, after, 1804


Box 2 Folder 11 Certificate oi balloting of certain Livingston lands, 29, March1805


Box 2 Folder 12 Survey Plat of lands of James Duane Livingston, 1808


Box 2 Folder 13 Marriage settlement between John Cox Stevens and Maria C. Livingston, 27, December 1609


Box 2 Folder 14 Petition to New York Legislature against certain Livingston lands, 1811


Box 2 Folder 15 Account book, 1809-1816


Box 2 Folder 16 Tax bill against certain Livingston lands, 1821


Box 2 Folder 17 Tax bill against certain Livingston lands, 1822


Box 2 Folder 18 Accounts, etc., 1827-1828


Box 2 Folder 19 Note for $377. John Wetherald and William Johnson to James Duane Livingston, 12, February1836


Box 2 Folder 20 Survey Plat, lot #2, Livingston Manor, property of heirs of James D. Livingston, ca. 1810


Box 2 Folder 21 Check for $32; Charles J. Livingston to Henry Jenkins, Poughkeepsie, 8, December 1816


Box 2 Folder 22 Check for $100; Charles J. Livingston to Henry G. Wheaton, Hudson, 23, June 1817


Box 2 Folder 23 Miscellaneous. Clippings, Mementoes, etc.


Box 2 Folder 24 Miscellaneous documents relating to James Robertson


Box 2 Folder 25 James Livingston, receipt to Mary Van Home, 17 March1741 & John Jauncey, receipt to David Van Home, 4 March1741, March1741, March1741


Box 2 Folder 26 Mary Livingston, receipt to David Van Home, 2, December 1741


Box 2 Folder 27 John Livingston, receipt to David Van Home, 27, September 1742


Box 2 Folder 28 Elisabeth Livingston, receipt to David Van Home, 16 August 1745 & Mary Livingston receipt to Samuel Van Home, 10 September 1745, August 1745, September 1745


Box 2 Folder 29 Margaret Beekman Livingston (Mrs Robert R.), statement giving tablecloth to her daughter Joanna, 28, June 1798


Box 2 Folder 30 Robert James Livingston, receipt to Joanna Livingston, 24, February1803


Box 2 Folder 31 Mrs P. Livingston, charitable subscription, signed by Catha. Lew., ca. 1823


Box 2 Folder 32 Livingston family, Marketing from 1831 to 1834 inclusive, account book, 1831, 1834


Box 2 Folder 33 William Smith Livingston, receipt from The American Museum of Natural History, November 1883


Box 2 Folder 34 Robert Armstrong Livingston, temperance pledge, 10 Oct 1889 & Robert Armstrong Livingston to William Smith Livingston, 28 Oct, 1889 New York, 1889, 1889


Box 2 Folder 35 Mary Livingston Potter Green (Mrs Charles E.), copy of her will, 1904-1906


Box 2 Folder 36 Blackwell & Green families, misc.

Series III: 2014 Addition, 2014


Clarissa H. Livingston:



Box 3 Folder 1 Correspondence, receipts, printed ephemera, etc., 1907-1914


Business receipts:


Box 3 Folder 2 1884-1915


Box 3 Folder 3 1885-1912


Box 3 Folder 4 1887-1912


Box 3 Folder 5 1896-1909


Box 3 Folder 6 1896-1912


Box 3 Folder 7 1887-1914



Box 4 Folder 1 1891-1915


Box 4 Folder 2 1895-1911


Box 4 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1849-1928


Box 4 Folder 4 Legal documents, reports, agreements, 1878-1906


Box 4 Folder 5 Hobart F. Clark vs. Edward Livingston, 2, October 1889


Box 4 Folder 6 James White vs. Edward Livingston and others, 1900



Box 5 Cards, invitations, etc.