1714 May 22

My dear husband

I have received your letters of May 11 the times saddens me very much to hear from you and that you stay away so long but I hope for the best for our family and received the small chest the 18th I thank you for my black dress and received the box with the lace and will take apart my jacket for a nightshirt for it is too small it is well that you put off/cancelled the governor because of Kas for we have quarrels enough with the digging and the mill is giving up on us we are already making a new (sheave run?) and are trying to keep it going but can not get Wilm Kiever he (was) in the Paltz and have sent for him I was in Katskil yesterday and found Miss Verbrughe there and she got 100 bushel wheat I paid Sam what we owed him and asked Sam what the reason was that we did not get his wheat he said we would have all the remainder and I went that day yet to Willen and said that our yacht would come and fetch and says also to only have a hundred bushel a lot of running after the wheat and they offer already 9 guilders and can not get it you can buy from Jurries Katrijn what she has you have to send up some money for uncle Staets then we can go and fetch it all with the yacht Japick Vosburgh will ride his out when the path is now dry again we have had a great

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drought the rain has been most refreshing we need silver braid they are but fake a small piece red blue ....(swort?) of (2 yard wide) a box with pipes the (people need it very much) 168 bushel xxxx salt 6 handsaws 12....shafts/poles these are all gone I send you the little black trunk the patents are in that wrapped in a .......(katlos) when you get this letter you can do and the little trunk in which the patents are if you can accord with Herrie about DeLeny if it does not make too much difference you can try to do it I hope you will get money as much as anyone else and hope that God will move their hearts to do us justice I long to hear from our son Johannes and Margrietje Veets I now have received the fat and your letter from the first of May with this be recommended to the Lord
your loving wife
Alida Livinghston

I expect our Robbert my shoes are too low on the instep and a bit too short let him make another pair and a pair of slipper slippers for me 10 lb. chalk for the carpenters

in the manor of Livinghston 1714 May 22

I will hurry with the sifting of the flour as soon as I can your daughter Naetje greets you just now our son Robbert arrived and has gone up again I send you mother Staet’s book I would accept 2 thirds of your salary it is still better than going to England our mills is very far gone can not (shoot??) and not mill
Wilm Kiever will come on Monday as the highgermans say we will fetch him on Saturday