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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03238 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [079] 1770 |
| Title | Peter Robert Livingston to his father, Robert Livingston re: further frustration with the DeLancey's |
| Date | 20 April 1770 |
| Author | Livingston, Peter Robert (1737-1794) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Peter Robert states: "The DeLanceys are striving their utmost to make our famaly ridiculous and to keep them out of all Posts of Honour Profit and are determined to oppose every thing and every Body that they support which is too hard to bear I could wish you lived here one year to judge of their carrying on-." He also makes arrangements to sell a slave that has misbehaved. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Slave Sale Politics Government and Civics Election |
| People | Livingston, Peter Robert (1737-1794) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; Government & Politics; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |