My dear husband

This one goes with your son Gijsbert there are only two canoes with wood in our negroes have no time they have to thresh and fetch oern olaise from (de Vierde/thefourth) and cut wood for the brewery I have sent with Mr. Mayor/Meyer what we need we need paper and allspice and white cotton 50 lb. let Gijsbert have a good garment and a blue rainfrock I hope that Robbert will advance well that he now xxx will be able to achieve something if he needs a garment please let him have it make sure he does dress well Mr. Wout said he had agreed to 8.......(pickters?) 3 lb. the piece and he has made me one half length one for 5 lbxx and will make you one also for 5 lb but does not want to do for anyone else but the little one 4 or 5 lb the piece and the other one 10 lb I have the ones she has made here she xxxxxxx (and her horse?) have to be carried for free for those 4 they will still here to make

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so she should have 34 lb when she is finished I think the mayor and others whom we board can be paid from that I have written you about everything with the mayor 2 half length he has now done he asks that you please recommend at Barbary it is very difficult to obtain animals we still only have 40 I think we will get the others
Your loving wife
Alida Livinghston
in the Manor of Livinghston
1711 October 1
and have sent a bushel mints with mayor for your daughter Mary if you can get onions there for there aren’t any here the highgermans want to buy them would (?) pay 20 sh and Gijsbert has
6 ¼ el cloth and buttons if there is better let Robbert have this



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we still need some salt
at the end of the week Ben will (give) sawt the price of the peas
I hope to see you with the yacht for I long that you come