Albany, January 27, 1697/8

My dear husband,

I would be remiss if I did not let you know that your familyx is still in good health and hope to hear the same from you here is there (no end?) Dellies (=Dellius) (domenie) xxx he has spread here that your affairs in England or with milord Bellemont do not stand well that that had been taken care of and that you were not well regarded but I hope that milord will do justice by you when you were suspended from your commission then the governor appointed 4 commissioners for the Indian affairs and their cleverness such that as recompense they have the makuase land
if that takes place as they say is worth thousand lb. the citizens are xxxxxxxmighty discontented and want to petition milord when he comes that they will have to return the deed say that otherwise Albandy will be destroyed I hope that the Governor will now give you satisfaction that he tried to besmirch your honor in the case of the letters of master Pindell and send you the papers with Jacop Tenwessen I hope that milord by this time here is and that you may now have an end to your affairs in case you may not be collector because you are a Scotsman let it then be put on your son Johannes and I hope that milord will be favorable to you

and will see indeed that they have done it out of spite you have no greater enemies as Dirk Wessels and Domenie I wished that we had one who only concerned himself with the church but not worked to destroy the place and

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articles of agreement about provisions (?) put 5 more papers in the package

Your loving wife
Alida Livinghston

there are some here quite upset with what you are doing there that you only are losing money and not advance your affairs but I hope that they will find out differently and if all goes well mean to say to that person won’t take any money up from him to spend

Please write Hannes that he minds his p’s and Q’s duties in a letter to him

mother greets you

please write if we shall deal with Schipper’s farm and what conditions he has sold already again two animals to Antony I have paid Jacob here a half piece of eight for the package please give him another half for your xx 2 letters and the package