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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.01966
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [012] 1686 
Title Bond to the city of Albany
Date 10 September 1686
Author Slingerlant, Cornelius (fl. 1686)  
Document Type Government document
Content Description The document states that Johannes Slingerlant and Hend[rick] Gerritse are bound to the people and city of Albany for the sum of 50 pounds. It then goes on to explain that both Slingerlant and Gerritse have a pass from the Governor to trade with the Five Nations, and if they decide not to trade with the Indians for peltry, then the current financial obligation will be declared void. Slingerlant and Gerritse signed with their marks.
Subjects American Indian History  Mohawk Indian  Finance  Government and Civics  Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Fur Trade  
People Dongan, Thomas (1634-1715)  
Place written Albany, New York
Theme Native Americans; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859