Livingston, Alida Schuyler (1656–1727)
Livingston, Alida Schuyler (1656–1727)
American letter writer. Name variations: Alida Schuyler van Rensselaer Livingston. Born Alida Schuyler 1656 at Fort Orange (near Albany, NY); died May 1727 at Livingston Manor, Albany; 3rd of 10 children of Philip Peterse Schuyler (wealthy fur trader) and Margaretta van Schlechtenhorst Schuyler; m. Nicholas van Rensselaer, 1675 (died 1678); m. Robert Livingston (Scottish immigrant and one of her 1st husband's clerks), 1679 (died 1728); children: 9.
Her letters, published as Business Letters of Alida Schuyler Livingston, 1680–1726 (1982), record her partnership with 2nd husband over almost 50 years of marriage; letters also record details of life and business of family estate Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland (New York).
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