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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.00118
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [010] 1684 
Title Land patent for Robert Livingston
Date 4 November 1684
Author Dongan, Thomas (1634-1715)  
Document Type Land transaction document
Content Description Robert Livingston's original deed for a tract of land purchased from two Indians and located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River in a region known as Roeloffe Johnsons Kill. In return for this tract of land, Livingston's yearly "Quit Rent" due to his Majesty was twenty shillings. P. 2 contains a certification statement and signature by Lewis A. Scott.
Subjects Land Transaction  American Indian History  Contract  Finance  Government and Civics  Law  
People Livingston, Robert (1654-1728)  Dongan, Thomas (1634-1715)  
Place written Fort James, New York
Theme Government & Politics; Law
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859