sent with Jan van Loon
My dear husband

I received your letters after Naning had left I have sent your goods after him and your gold buttons it rained and did not know if they could get the yacht otherwise would have sent the patents now I am sending them with the first yacht that passed by I have not yet heard from Fans Winne and still no lard xx the fifth of hours May the fence made of beams was ready and since then we have been xxxxx digging and will plow after the holy days and the shriner (?) is now occupied with the mill otherwise he would have done the (field?) after the holy days I will start sifting/bundling again and get ready for our yacht I have sent with Naning 53 barrels flour and your goods/clothes and gold buttons the yacht has to get some sand from Sagher’s Plate for Harry wants to continue with the stone baking when you get this letters you have to xxxxx ask for the small black case and the patents are in there but I hope that you may obtain money as well as anyone else who have been officers and hope that your (soldiers) pay will be paid as has been allowed for you thus you need the governor on board for your money 10 lb chalk we need a chisel in order to do the turning (?) I have written it on the outside of the letter with Nanningh
I send in the small suitcase 15 pieces of beaver weigh 22 lb 6 hespanne 2 foxen
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a fisher a cat a xxx mink it was going empty anyway you can buy some Bristol cloth for that the patents have been wrapped in the cutlass (?) we have had a lot of drought praise God we have had marvellous rain Naetje requests that you will give the small case in which the green silk is to bette (?) simneson to give to Mr. Heus please let Robbert come up there are several who have lots (?) ready for him we need a small chest with pipes and a scrub brush I hope that God will give us that they pay us what is our due as much as anyone else with this I commend you into the protection of the Most Highest our powder is does not do very well is very poorly the small barrels are the best
Your loving wife
Alida Livinghston

May 15 1714 in the manor of Livinghston
I long to hear from our son Johannes
Nicholson has to be a hard man to visit such indignity on Veets and wife I hope God will give Veets a happy voyage and that he will triumph over his enemies