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ROBERT LIVINGSTON (THE ELDER)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
ROBERT LIVINGSTON (THE ELDER)
(1654 - 1728) Fur trader and co-founder of Albany, New York, Livingston accumulated one of the greatest fortunes of the century and over 160,000 acres of land which came to be known as "Livingston Manor". In 1696, he also backed Capt. William Kidd's "pirate" voyage on the Adventure Galley. Pair of A.D.S.s on either side of the same legal folio sheet, each 1p., "Colony of Renselaerswyck en Schaenhechtady", Aug. 24, 1680, in Dutch. As Secretary of the colony of New Netherlands (and likely seller), Livingston signs attesting to the sale of two parcels of land, one involving "Capt. Ph: Schuyler" of the prominent Schuyler Family of later Revolutionary War fame. Worn at folds, soiled - still quite good. Also signed by Commissioners DIRK WESSELS and ANDRIES TELLER, who was also a fur trader.