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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.00238 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [020] 1694 |
| Title | Document assigning Power of Attorney to Alida Schuyler Livingston |
| Date | 12 October 1694 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Legal document assigning all Powers of Attorney to Alida Livingston in Robert Livingston's stead while he travels to England. At the bottom of page 3 is a second instance of this granting of the Power of Attorney to Alida Livingston on 30 April 1703, on the advent of another voyage to England by Livingston. These Powers of Attorney grant Alida Livingston all the powers held by Robert, including those to "lease and Lett any of [Livingston's] lands" and "to ask demand Levy Sue for Recover and receive off and from all manner of Persons all Such Debts dues & demands as is owing belonging or anywise apportaining unto [Livingston]." |
| Subjects | Marriage Women's History Travel Law Landlord and Tenant Land Transaction Finance Debt |
| People | Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) |
| Place written | Albany, New York |
| Theme | Law; Women in American History; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |