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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.02939 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [071] 1755 |
| Title | Deposition regarding the actions of Benjamin Franklin in Taghkanic |
| Date | 21 November 1755 |
| Author | Ten Broek, Dirck W. |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Dirck W. Ten Broek, a Justice of the Peace for Albany, relates the deposition given to him on 21 November 1755, regarding the actions of Benjamin Franklin, who recently took over the house of Johannis Van Deusen at Taghkanic in the Manor of Livingston. According to the deponents, Franklin claimed that he purchased the land, and it no longer belonged to Robert Livingston or the province of New York. Rather, Taghkanic was now within the colony of Massachusetts. |
| Subjects | Law Land Transaction Government and Civics Boundary or Property Dispute |
| People | van Deusen, Robert (1700-1777) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | Albany, New York |
| Theme | Law; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |