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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03558 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [088] 1784 |
| Title | Robert Cambridge Livingston to Robert Livingston regarding advice for a more tranquil life |
| Date | 15 September 1784 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "I observe you are surrounded with difficulties which disconcert and ruffle your disposition. . . . They are incident to ev'ry undertaking of magnitude and must be expected by those conducting them till the nature and disposition of men are altered. . . . When men therefore engage in a multiplicity of momentuous undertakings they Barter their ease and tranquility for the Chance of acquireing wealth. . . . Peace tranquility and Ease, accompanied by affluence & splendor, are pleading for your acceptance on the one side; while Toil, Fatigue, Anxiety, vexation & disappointment are threatening on the other - why then hesitate for a moment in your choice!" Docketed on address leaf. |
| Subjects | Mental Health Philosophy |
| People | Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |