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Additional authors

1. Beardsley, John.
2. Brinckerhoff, Dirck.
3. Duyckinck, Gerardus.
4. Kent, James, 1763-1847.
5. Livingston, Catherine Crannell, 1745-1830.
6. Livingston, Gilbert, 1690-1746.
7. Livingston, Henry, 1714-1799.
8. Livingston, James, 1728-
9. Livingston, Robert Gilbert, 1749-1787.
10. Noxon, Peter.
11. Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843.
12. Dutchess Turnpike Company.

Description

1. 3 linear feet (12 boxes).

Summary

1. The papers consists of correspondence, 1770-1836, accounts, 1730-1840, legal documents, 1715-1862, and land papers, 1738-1813, of Livingston, members of his extended family and his law clients.

Subject

1. Topographic surveys
2. United States Constitution
3. Cooper family
4. New York (State) > Convention > (1788)
5. Livingston family
6. Dutchess County (N.Y.) > Politics and government
7. Mott family
8. Legislators
9. Lawyers
10. Livingston, Gilbert, 1742-1806
11. Stockholm family
12. Real property > New York (State) > Dutchess County
13. Law > New York (State)
14. Van Rensselaer family

Genre/Form

1. Topographic surveys.

Call number

1. MssCol 1781

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Additional formats (note)

1. available as digital images.

Funding (note)

1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Source (note)

1. Purchases, 1916-1925.

Biography (note)

1. Gilbert Livingston (1742-1806) was a lawyer and legislator in New York State.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Livingston, Gilbert, 1742-1806.

Title

1. Gilbert Livingston papers, 1715-1862, bulk (1760-1806).

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Additional formats

1. Selected items available as digital images.

Funding

1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Biography

1. Gilbert Livingston (1742-1806) was a lawyer and legislator in New York State. He was a member of New York's Provincial Convention, 1775-1777; a delegate to the state's convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788; and a member of the New York Assembly, representing Dutchess County, 1777-1778 and 1788-1789.

Source

1. Purchases, 1916-1925.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Collection guide and digital images

Occupation

1. Lawyers.
2. Legislators.

Added author

1. Beardsley, John.
2. Brinckerhoff, Dirck.
3. Duyckinck, Gerardus.
4. Kent, James, 1763-1847.
5. Livingston, Catherine Crannell, 1745-1830.
6. Livingston, Gilbert, 1690-1746.
7. Livingston, Henry, 1714-1799.
8. Livingston, James, 1728-
9. Livingston, Robert Gilbert, 1749-1787.
10. Noxon, Peter.
11. Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843.
12. Dutchess Turnpike Company.

LCCN

1. ms 71001261

Research call number

1. MssCol 1781