Excerpt from The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of That Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar Which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; And Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "the Nephew," a Settler in the Same Scottish Text Society's edition, vol. 11, p. 101. Mr. William Patten, Londoner, the pioneer of English war correspondents, who accompanied the invading army, estimated, that besides thirteen thousand of the com mon folk, there also fell on the Scottish side oi Lairds, Lairds' sons and other gentlemen, above twenty-six hundred. But he doubtless grossly exaggerated for the sake of praising his patron the Protector Somerset, who commanded the English army. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.