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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.00172 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [016] 1690 |
| Title | Robert Livingston to Governor Bradstreet re: French and Indian encounters on the frontiers |
| Date | 7 June 1690 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) |
| Recipient | Governor Bradsheet |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Livingston writes of his regrets for the capture of the settlement at Cascoe Bay by the French and their Indian allies, and his belief of a need to "Subdue Canada." He then mentions writing to the Government at Albany in an effort to discover the strength and readiness of the men assembled of the Iroquois five nations, and an outbreak of Small Pox in the Albany area. He also writes of the take over of the government of New York (by Jacob Leisler, whom Livingston only mentions). Page three is a copy of the letter written by Livingston to Capt. Nicholson, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, in which Livingston discusses Jacob Milborne, John de Brandt and Johannes Proovost (three of Leisler's co-conspirators, in Livingston's view), and Jacob Leisler's new powers in New York. |
| Subjects | Epidemic Disease Medical History American Indian History France Military History Canada Government and Civics Militia Health and Medical Smallpox Rebellion Politics |
| People | Bradstreet, Simon (ca. 1603-1697) Livingston, Robert (1654-1728) Leisler, Jacob (1640-1691) |
| Place written | New London, Connecticut |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; Health & Medicine; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |