Charles Rhind To John Townsend, Albany. New York. ALS., 1822, July 17

Informs that Master Montgomery Livingston, to increase the turmoil, had started the Olive Branch for Rhode Island in opposition to the Fulton Company. Evidence indicates that Livingston is the dupe of Hoffman, Gibbons and Bartholomew and this is a measure to bring a point forward which they think will render the grant odious, namely running merely through our waters from one state to another without docking at New York.